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' ‘7 State Grange in THE Business

Famine, we felt that one feature was

ale-important as to deserve a separ-
ate article. :That was the splendid
address on "The Farm Tax Situation
in Michigan" by R. :Wo!.yne Newton,
research man in Michigan farm tax
conditions at the Michigan State Col-

lo a. .

xFor For‘smne time your Imnsing Cor-
esp‘ oxidant and others who have been
malt us a study of the tax situation
confronting Michigan farmers have
been calling attention to the fact
that property taxes are taking not
only an increasingly large propor-
tion of the farm income, but are fre-“

. quently requiring the farmer to bor-

row money to pay his taxes and in a

’ large number of cases are actually

confiscating the farm- itself.

Now Mr. Newton is devoting his
full time to discovering just how bad
the situation really is. He is not
only going into all available records
thoroughly, but through question-
naires which he is sending out by the
thousands, he is finding out from the
farmers themselves vital facts that
greatly strengthen the case of those
who are laboring to secure tax re-

form in Michigan.

In his address before the annual
session of the Michigan State Grange
held at East Lansing, October 28—29,
Mr. Newton reported on his findings
to date. Feeling that members of
THE BusmszssFAaMEa family ,will be
Tremendously interested in this very
informational statement by Mr. New,-
ton, we are presenting the main fea-
tures of his address as follows:

“Since July 1 the Department of
Economics of the State College has

. been making a study of farm tax-

ation in. Michigan. These studies,
although uncompleted, have been
pushed for enough to give a partial
picture of the situation. It has been
found that farm taxes have been
steadily increasing in many parts of
the State during the last seven years.
Farm land taxes are consuming from
two to three times as much of the
rentel value of Michigan farms as
they did seven years ago.‘ But the
decline in the rentalvalue of farm
lands has been as much or more to
blame than the rise of farm land
taxes. In addition to the drop in the \
gross returns from lands, other costs
have increased, so that the net in-
come from which farm taxes are to
be paid has shrunk in many sections
as much as half, not to speak of the.
lowered purchasing power of the re-
maining half.
Find 'Jhxes Absorb Rental Value
"These conclusions are hand upon -
figures submitted by farm owners of

the State. The U. S. Department of .

Agriculture is now cooperating with
the State College in a survey to de-
termine what eflect taxes are having
on the investment or rental value at
Michigan farms. Letters have been

'- sent to the owners of rented farms

in every ounty of the State. It is

" impossible to say exactly what the

final returns will show. for replia
are ‘still Coming in at the rate of
about 100 a day. However. Prelim:
inary tabulations of early returns
from nine counties of the lower pen—
insula have been made, in order to
see which way the Windis blowing.
These counties are Allegan, Ben-ten,
Ingham, Lapeer, ’ Kent, Lensweo;
Gratiot, Charlevoix and Antrim.
Charlevoix and Antriln were grouped
toget‘lzer on account of the small.

 
   

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 4,1926

By STANLEY M. POWELL

Lansing Corredbondentrof Tan Busmnss Funnel:

In other~words the State is rapidly.

becoming a partner in the farm bus-
iness. The returns from land are
being divided share and share alike,
between the farm owner and the
State.

f“Four counties, Charlevolx, An-
trim, La eer'and Kent, show, that for
the lim ted number of farms, con-
sidered,“taxes have at times run from
70 to 85 or more per cent of the
rental of the land. These figures
are the more striking in view of the
fact that a large percentage of the
worst schedules are not included in
the tabulations. Many owners gave
no figures, merely reporting that
taxes exceeded rents. Such replies
could not be used for statistical pur—
poses.

“When the Federal taxes were re-
duced, we were told that a tax which

took from 40 to 50 per cent of the '
incomes of the wealthy discouraged'

industry and was a stép toward
socialism. It was said to be confis-
cation of property, dressed up on
the guise of taxation. Yet, here in
Michigan we have taxed farm prop-
erty returns at much higher rates.
According to the Auditor General’s
Department, 7, 655, 348 acres of land
were (returned as delinquent for taxes
in the fiscal year which ended in
June. This represents one- fifth of
the entire land area of the State and
an increase in tax delinquency on
acre property of 64 per cent in 9
years. The State has not stopped
at 50 per cent of income. In many
cases it has taken the capital itself.

“Such a condition cannot continue
indefinitely at the very doorsteps of
one of the greatest and most prosper-
ous industrial centers of the land.
Unless something is done, it will
prove to be a far more‘serious threat
to our established institutions than
the high Federal taxes were ever
thought to be, even by their most
bitter opponents.

Earnings Down—Taxes Up

"More economists agree that taxes
should be levied in proportion to the
abilty of the citizen to pay. It is
almost equally agreed that income is
the most important measure of tax-
paying ability. Federal income and

inheritance taxes are highest on the '

payers who are most able to stand
the expense. Michigan farm taxes
have run counter to the trend of
prosperity of the State’ s agricultural
industry. Reduced farm earnings
have been accompanied by higher

taxes, thus violating one of the card-'

111,31 principles of good taxation.

“A law permitting the easesement
of farm property at a figure which
gives adequate consideration to its

actual earning capacity will help to
relieve the injustice the farmer now
suflers. In normal times the taxes
paid on productive property are paid
from the income that the property
produces
total income, the property ceases to

have value, except as a plaything or

luxury. A property tax, to be equit-
able, must therefore bear heavier
where productivity is greatest an

go light when earnings fall. There
is no real difference between an equal
assessment of properties earning
equal incomes. If John Jones has a
farm worth $10,000 which yields 2
per cent, net, on the investment, and

Bill Smith has $10,000 worth of

stock that yields 8 per cent, a tax
of $1.00 on the hundred on both
men’s preperties will take one—half of
John’s farm income, and only 12%
per cent of what Bill gets. Such a
tax is just as unequalas if both men
owned farms worth $10,000 but one
was assessed at full value and the
other at $2,500. Both result in un-
equal taxes on the incomes which the
properties earn. Yet the one type
of inequality is perfectly legal while
the other is not.

"There has been much complaining
against unequal assessments between
man and man, and between taxing
districts and classes of property.
This complaint has been voiced by
farmers in practically every state.
But if all property were placed upon
the assessment rolls at full cash
value, farm land earnings would still
be overtaxed, because the rate of
return on the capital invested is low.
Rigid enforcement of existing assess-
ment laws will give legal justice, but
will not give it in the economic and
actual sense of the word. The pres-
ent disparity between farmincome
and farm taxation cannot be correct—
ed without new legislation.

Should Consider Earning Power

“Consider the earning power of
property has been widely recommend-
ed in recent years. The proposal
has many . sponsors in Michigan.
State after state assesses banks, pub-
lic utilities or other corporations un-
der the property tax only after ob-
taining information as to their earn-
ings. The proposal is not a request
for special favors for the farmer. It
is, instead, a demand that favors
now extended to a few classes of
property be extended to all, impar-
tially.

“One of the worst features of the;

farmer’s tax situation is his inability
to shift his taxes to others in the
form of increased prices for the
things he sells. The farmer helps
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visitedbya'mansellinga poultryremedy tobe putinthe drink-
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as he carried a copy of the November 6th issue of The Business Farmer
”and pointed out the answer to "an inquiry regarding Worms in poultry
,whichhesddhehadsuppuedtouasoheliswnedtotheman'stelk
and finally invested assoc in. some of the rem-ally labeled “Never Idle
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Farmers Tax Load Shown Terrific

Ooerburdcncd Rural Citizens Have Able Defender in New Research Man At M. S. C.

banks, the grocers, and the clothlers, ‘
but nobody helps pay the farmer’ 3
taxes. The inability of the farmer~
to add to his taxes to the selling
price of his products is due to the
same causes which prevent the sell-
ing price of, farm products from re-
flecting any of the other costs of
producing them.

“Price control is vital to the final
solution of the farm tax problem,
as well as many of the farmer's
other economic ills,—the price con-
'trol implies effective organization.
The Grange, the co-op, and the other
farm organizations are stepping
stones to the control of farm prices,
and through them, the escape from
the necessity of the farmer’s paying
his own as well as other people's
taxes year after year.

Must Watch Local Levies

“Still other difficulties stand in the
way of equitable farm taxation. The
great bulk of Michigan farm taxes
are local taxes, imposed within the
farmer’s own county, township, and
school district. Nothing short of a
reduction in public service will ma-
terially lighten this local tax as long
as so large a proportion of all taxes
continue to be levied by local units.

“Everybody knows that there are
large classes of wealth which now
escape wholly untaxed, while others
fall far short of paying their full
share. Nowhere has the general
property tax,—the tax under which
the farm now groans,————proved ade-
quate to bring about even an ap-
proximate approach to equality of
tax burdens in a modern industrial-
ized state.

“Other forms of taxation must be
devised to reach the untaxed wealth,
-—forms which will neither tax this
wealth out of sight and into hiding,
nor out of existence. But while the
farmer is in most urgent need of the
additional relief, he can well afford
to proceed deliberately about secur-
ing it. He must realize three things:

Remember These Three Things

“First, he will be worse off than
.he is now if he seeks relief through
laws that impose undue burdens on
other classes. When the farmer is
excessively taxed he must grin and
bear it. He cannot fold up his farm
and transport it to more favorable
locations, nor can he lock it up in his
safe and swear he doesn’t own it.
There are others, however, who can
do this, do do it, and will continue
to do it, if an unreasonable tax is
levied on them. To seek to levy
impossible rates of taxation on such
wealth will not only lead to the con-
tinued disregard of the law, or, if a.
serious effort is made to enforce it,
to the removal of such wealth from
the State, with a resulting loss to
prosperity.

“Second, the farmer must realize
that while he may be in a worse
plight than most, there are others
smarting under the sting of high
taxes in comparison with those paid

’ by their competitors and with those

paid by other classes. The farmer
will do well to join hands with all
who are pledged to an honest efiort
at a fair and equitable redistribution
of tax burdens. g

"Third, and finally, Rome was not
built in a day. Farm tax relief ought
to be inaugurated this year, but it
will be many years before it can poss-
ibly be all that it ought to be. Ulti-
mately success will depend upon con-
tinuous effort, and a spirit of con-
ciliation and cooperation with other
classes. The gaps _between tax
theories and actual practice are
many and wide. They cannot be,
crossed at one jump. Let us, in— '
stead, make haste slowly, striving to
see to it that we make progress in.~
the right direction rathor than mere- 5
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EFORE going over our methods,
I Will give you a few details as
' to how. we became engaged in‘
. Roadside Marketing. I took over the
1'on homestead in the fall of 1923.
My father has used it for years pre-
Nylons to this as a truck farm but a1-
”Ways had a hard time getting
through the winters when there was
‘no income. The farm, consisting of
7% acres, had been rented for two

  
 
 
  

years before it came into my posses-

sion and while the ground was fer-
tile it was foul with weeds. The
‘ tools and implementshad all been
sold with the exception of one old
‘horse and a cultivator.

.. 4 got rid of the horse, as I saw
that keeping idle horses through the
winter was the thing that always ate
up the summer_ profits. We hired our
plowing done in the fall of 1923 and
in the spring of 1924 we bought a
small garden» tractor. This did the
working of the ground and the cult-
ivating. A Ford roadster," which I
had, was converted into a truck to
do the hauling.

The first year (1924) we only
raised melons, sweet corn, and field
corn. I had 200 hens when I came
on the place and intended to develop
a poultry farm. We are located 80
rods from M-10, the Dixie Highway.
It is a side road but is heavily trav
elled, especially evenings and Sun-
days, as it is a part_of a loop which
city folks like to,ride as an after
supper recreation.

First Used “meelbarrow

Well, now for the starting of our
roadside market. At first we put
our melons and sweet corn out by
the road on a wheelbarrow and peo-
ple took them as fast as we could
put them out. By the fall of 1924
we decided that there was more prof-
-it in gardening than we could possi-
bly realize from our poultry so in
the spring of 1925 we sold all of
our poultry stock except a few hens
for production of eggs for our own
table and proceeded to develop a
' garden.

{Some new equipment was install-
ed but mostly small garden tool-s as
our finances would not permit heavy
expenditures due to our shifting
from poultry to gardening. We con-
structed some large tables which
were placed by the road under some
trees and kept our market open
from 6:00 to 9:00 in the evening
and from 12:00 to 10:00 on Satur—
days. We had a very successful sea—
son. We sold the 71/2 acres of gard-
en truck entirely through our road—
side market.

In the spring of 1926 we added an
.irrigation system over part of our
garden. We also bought a new tour-

   

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E are publishing one of the letters received in 'our roadside mar-

ket letter contest which closed Noyember 181:.

This letter, .

written by 0. T1. Harnden, of Saginaw, R. 4 won first prize of
$5, and shews what can be done if one will give this form or marketing

the proper attention.

Andrew Brady, R. 1, Central Lake,- won $3 as

second prize, while Mrs. Alice BowermaSfir won third of $2.00. Mrs. '
Bowennaster neglected to send us her address so we have been unable:

to mail her check as yet, but hope to hear from her soon.

Theother

prize Winning letters will appear in our columns in the near future.

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ing car, an automatic tying machine
to bunch vegetables, a new up-to-
date roadside market and a larger
tractor. We also put i nan auto-
matic electric light plant.

'By 1926 we had learned what our
customers wanted and we made ev—
ery effort to give it to them. Each
year we run a trial ground where
new varieties are tested out. We
never make extensive plantings of
any variety until it has proved its
merits in our trial grounds. Ninety
per cent of our trade is regular cus-
tomers who come here for vegetables
the same as they go to a meat mar—
ket for meat. .

Do Not Cut Prices

We do not try to sell below the
prevailing store prices but by care—
ful selection of varieties and careful
grading we offer them superior veg—
etables in the freshest possible state
at prices which they would have to
pay in town for the same wilted art-
icle of doubtful quality. We lose
the trade of a few chronic kickers
who buy wholly on a price basis but
any merchant is better off ithout
them. Quality and freshness is the
“watch word” of our market. Some
people complain of paying store

prices after driving out for their
vegetables but operating a roadside
market entails a greater expense than
disposing of an equal amOunt of pro-
duce on the city markets. We could

' take a" load of produce to our munic- .

ipal market, dispose ‘of it and be

home ready for the day’s work by.

8 30. .In the roadside market I

_mu'st be there from 12. 00 to 10: 00

P. M. and hire help to run the gard-
ens. This costs money not to men-
tion bags, wrapping paper, lights,
etc. Also where aboslute freshness
is maintained there are a number of
things left over from the day before
which must be thrown away. Some
'will say, take it to town, and sell it
to stores the next day but anyone
who has ever saw a~ bunch of beets,
~car,rots, cabbage, lettuce or any oth-
er vegetable that has been pawed
over for from four to six hours will
agree that it is of no value except
pig feed. All of these little items
add to the cost of running a roadside
market. Also when I leave the fields
at noon and hire boys to take my
place while I run the market it takes
about four boys to do the work
which I myself could do.

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The roadside market operated by Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Harnden, 0t Saginaw.
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ing a roadside market with the ‘

thought that it can be run by a boy
or girl or other cheap help. It‘ simply
cannot be done satisfactory.
‘are dozens, of things that come up

each day that only the owner '01-: ff

someone clOsely interested can ad-
just and take care of. '
After all if an OWHer goes to the,

expense of growing vegetables and ;.
then in turn assumes the expense of‘
retailing them why is he net ell-.1

titled to both profits. He is and
can get them if he will pay strict
attention to quality. We aim to‘
produce only the highest quality and
then we go after the trade which
wants that kind of produce. We
have had a few cu‘stoine’rs tell us
that they oculd get better quality
elsewhere. Some say it can’t be done
this way but this season, 1926,129fi

acres of vegetables went through our '

market bringing a gross income of
$3, 500:..00 This would prove that

we are getting our share of motor-.9 I

is'ts’ trade.
Their Roadside Market
I am enclosing a picture of our
market. This was taken early in

' the season before we had gotten well

under way. When later in the sea-
son it was stocked with a wide va-
riety of vegetables
which won the praise of everyone.
The side windows are of Wood and
hinged at the top so that when rais-
ed from the outside they form a
shade which protects the vegetables
from the sun. The front windows
are of glass and raise up inside and
hook to the ceiling. Also there is a‘
window running the full length of
the market and two feet high which
can be raised in the same way as the
sides. This keeps it cool. During
the cooler weather of fall the win-
dows are all closed and the vegeables
displayed behind the glass windows.
Also note that there is a special
drive running in from the .road.

Our market is operated from May
1st until the fall crops such as car-
rots, potatoes, squash and dry onion,
are disposed of in the fall. It is us-
ually closed by November let.

I forgot to state that in 1926 we
changed our hours to remain open
from 12:00 noon until 10:00 in the
evening. In the busy season two
persons are required to take care of
the evening trade from 7:00 to 9:00.

This market including driveway
would cost about $200.00. Signs'are
posted 300 feet each way from mar-
ket to give motorists a chance to
stop. We also advertise each week
in our local newspaper. We grow as
near as possible all vegtables which
can be grown in. Michigan as variety

goes a long way in drawing trade.

The Secrets of One Michigan Poultryman’s Success

By S. S. NISBET'

QME people make money from
poultry. Many would like to

- know the secrets they use and
just how they go about it. Those
who wonder have likely never stop—
ped to think that there may be some
tricks to the ,trade. The fact that
there are only a few people making
good money at the business makes
one think that such is the case. But
upon visitation and investigation of
the most successful plants they“
would likely find a complete set of
rules or tricks to the trade. One
man finds one method successful and
another man another. Most men
when they have accumulated valu-
able ideas are not overly anxious for
‘ everyone to know them. This is a
selfish attitude, but it is only a nat—
ural instinct of man for self—preser-
vation.
above others in ideas for efficiency
and profit in Michigan is the plant
owned by Perry G. Holden, near
Whithall. Mr. Holden has a broad
,, knowledge of agriculture in general
fand has made poultry his principal
hobby. He has traveled from east
'to west and from north to south and
s lectured in every state in the
tion. .
International Harvester Com:
my he has had many opportunities
1) see various ideas tried Many or
9 he has tried on his own farm
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This is Michi'ga‘n' 11 state champion Jufii
this State in the non-199,119 late 11v
are? , Raymond irbaeh
years 0 club work; Mac 01119, of Yfib
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conditions. Combining these ideas
with new ones of his own he has de—
veloped an efficient plant.
Shed Type Poultry House

The houses for his poultry are the
common shed type similar to plans
furnished by the Michigan State Col-
lege poultry department. Ventila-
tion was cared for without any elab-
orate or expensive equipment. Air
awas allowed to enter through muslin
in the front except in the most se-
vere weather. Openings were like—

wise made in the back to allow a cir— - I
culation of air above and below the ~

roosts during the summer weather.
The Windows were quite an array in
themselves. The front was simply a
series of glaSS windoWs only stud—

ding each. They were quite low each '

one coming to within one foot of the
floor. The tops of the windows are
about five feet above the floor. They
are screened and can be raised in
fair weather or a muslin sash drop-,
ped in their place. This gives a flood;

' of light on the floor where the fowls

live and work. The same idea isE
carried out with the back? windows
except that they are only ' ‘

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Wm. Krause, of St. Charles, is saying, “Well, Alberta, daughter’of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson, of Vermont- mother, Mrs. Elmer Allman, of Spratt, AI-

li well, another coal shortage this winter. That villc, Eaton county, helped her mother very much by pitting pcna county, holds her up to have herpicture
sure makes me .worry, I guess—not while the , cherries. We do not claim to be detectives, but something taken, but this picture busmess doesnt tlirili
woodlot holds out." makes us think that Alberta took her pay in cherries. her one bit.

        

 
   

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! OUT CAMPING.—We are inform-4 'DONT BE BASHFUL, YOUNG MEN.——This young lady, Anna ‘Dickerson, of

ed that this is, “Mrs. Geo. A. Hause, Winn, Isabella county, looks very lonesome and we think she would like to have Fleur is teaching her dog friend to
1 of Bay City, Bay county, with the a young man driver. You know you never can tell when a horse will take it sit up. The dog is owned by Fred '
' - ‘camvp canary’ while camping last into his head to run away, so it’s best to have a man along. Mrs. G. Dickerson, Bowser, of Curtisville, Alcona coun-
“ summer at Rock Lake.” Riverdale, sent the picture. ty. Sent in by Mrs. Bowser.

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TO THE FARM T0 REST.—Mrs. W. H. Tindall,

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WATERING THE COWS.—Beulah Hay-,(leit) and

her friend t°°k her father’s COWS t0 the Spring to Turkey ‘Gobbler has Been indulging in choice eats of Muskegon, Muskegon county, enjoying" a vacation
811/0 them a drink of water and are now bringing lately little realizing that on December 25th he on the Hale Farm, located near Elk italiids, in Ant-
them back. Beulahs father, H. C. Boy, of Rose will be reposlng on the dinner table filled with rim county. .The dog belongs to a friend. The pm-

City, Ogemaw county, gave us this picture. stufling. His owner is Joel Stimson, of Davlson. ture was sent in by Mrs. Tindall’s husband.

      

 

 

 

 

  
   
 
   

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ARE your
high labor costs. high taxes. high
living costs, and months of forced idlee
ness, because of inclement weather, causinl
you to "just about make a living”!

You can do better in the ‘Southland.
where land is plentiful and cheap; where
there is no labor problem; living conditions
are better and less expensive, and you can
save some money after you have made and
marketed your crops. Write today for full

and free particulars
about how other
Northern farmers
_ have prospered better
in the Southland.
Address G. A. Park,
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- TOWNSHSIP HEALTH OFFICER

Would like to know what the re-
quirements of a township health of-
ficer are. Has he the right to let
anyone in a home that has scarlet
fever, work on public work or go
and come as they want and live in
with the family? Who pay the at-
tending physician?——O. C. G., Ban-
gor, Michigan.

HE law requires that a township
health oflicer shall be a physic-
ian,, but in the event that no

physician is available, the supervisor
or some person designated by the
board may act as such.

The law requires absolute quar-
antine in a case of Scarlet Fever and
no one is permitted to enter or leave
the premises during that time. Wage
earners may be disinfected and live
elsewhere during the quarantine, but
cannot come and go.

I see no good reason why a per-
son should not pay the attending
physician in a case of communicable
disease, the same as in any other.
If they are financially unable to do
so, however, it is the County’ 3 busi-

 

ness to see that they have medical
aid.——W. J. V. Deacon, M. D., Dir-
ector Bureau of Records and Sta-
tistics, Michigan Department of
Health.

 

PAYING TAVES

On a real estate mortgage, A is
the mortgagor and B the mortgagee.
What I want to know is if A does
not pay the taxes on the property
could B pay same and add the
amount to the mortgage? If the
taxes were not paid by anyone, and
the property sold fer the taxes
would that annul the mortgage or
would it still hold good against the
property under the new ownership?
If the property was sold for .the
taxes could B redeem same during
the time limit for redemption and
thus get deed from the state without
foreclosing the mortgage?—S. A. D.,
Hartford, Michigan.

COULD pay the taxes and add

that amount to the mortgage.

Sale by the state for taxes
would extinguish the mortgagee’s
lien and it would not hold against
the purchaser of the tax title. B
could redeem the property sold for
taxes, and add to his mortgage lien
the amount paid for redemption.—
Legal Editor.

CONCRETE WORK

Will you please inform me \how
much cement it will take to build a
wall 24x33, 8 feet high or a wall
one foot thick, approximately 112
feet long, 8 feet high? Also how
much sand and what proportion it
is mixed? Also if sidewalks and
concrete roads are mixed in same

—-A. 8., South Branch, Mich. ,
HERE bank run gravel is used

We the volume of the well
and consider the volume an
amount of cement that we ofill
masonry for construction. .
The main-lo aim“
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of the show room.

preportions as basement walls are?

for concrete it Is customary to

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cencrete would be required. This
would be equivalent to 33 1- 5 cubic
yards of gravel.
that the amount used would add to
the volume of this mix.
customary in estimating to consider
that one bag is equal to one cubic
foot of cement, and if the one to five
proportion of cement and gravel were
used the number of bags necessary
would be one-fifth of 896 or 1'19 1-5
bags, and since four bags are requir-
ed per barrel, approximately 45 bar-
rels would be required for this work.

Concrete roads are usually made
in- about the proportion suggested
instead of being made of bank gravel
they usually attempt to combine the
proper amount of fine and coarse
material which will give the most
effective results. This is not prac—
tical to do for farm work. It is
well, however, if any choice in select-
ing material is possible to screen a
sample (it it through a 1A inch screen.
That part which goes through the
screen will be sand and that that
stays on top will be gravel. For
best work the amount 'of sand should
be one half the amount of gravel.

 

 

AT GAYLOBD WITH MICHIGAII’S l’O'l‘A'l‘O KINGS

Sat-L5, aMGaylord was far
This shows a section

Basement walls are quite commonly
made of cement and bank run gravel
proportioned in either one to six or
one to seven. A proportion of one
to five is desirable where the great-
est strength is to be secured or
water tightness is a necessary part
of the operation.———H. H. Musselman,
Professor of Agricultural Engineer-
ing, M. S. C.

WAGES OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

Will you please advise me as to
what salary the township officers are
supposed to get? I understand that
last year the state raised their wages
but I haven’t been able to find out
definately.———G. H., Cadillac, Mich.

OWNSHIP oflicers’ are entitled to
compensation at the rate of
$5.00 per day or parts of days.

Townships have at least 1400 sep—
arate descriptions of property on its
assessment roll with a valuation of
at least $5, 000, 000 may pay its sup-
ervisor a salary up to $1,200. 00 a
year. A township having at least
2,000 separate descriptions of prop-
erty on its roll with a valuation of
at least $8,000,000, may pay the
supervisor up to $2,000.00 3. year——
Legal Editor.

.going to school to vote?
pay taxes on his farm for 1925 but-

t t ider d ‘
I is no 60113 9 paid for.1926 what about the taxes

It is also _

s "not 3 '
taxpayer or these- having 0

for 1925? A borrowed money from
B at 7% and gave a note drawn by
a notary public, no signer. It is
back a year. Can- B. collect the
money?-—G. R... Mt. Morris, Mich.‘

NE director could not expel a
pupil from the school without

consulting the other directors.
Only those electors owning property,

or parents or guardians of school

children can vote at school elections.
A would have to pay the 1925 taxes.
B could collect the amount of the

‘ note from A.—-—Legal Editor.

SEPTIC TANK BEST .
I have a drove, rock bottom wall

.185 feet deep which we get our

drinking water from. There is a
gravel vein twenty feet down from
the top of theground which will take
water away. Do you think I would
be safe to drain the water from the
cessme in this gravel vein, say 75
feet away from the deep we11?—-C.
E. 8., Ovid-Michigan.

is almost impossible to say

whether the discharging of the-

cesspool into the gravel bed
seventy—five feet from the well will
cause contamination or not. Deep
wells have been contaminated in this
way. The discharging of the cess-
pool into a. layer of gravel twenty
feet below the surface is not the most
sanitary way for the disposal of sew-
age. I would recommend the use of
septic tank in which the discharge is
near the surface of the ground where
far better purification takes place at
this depth. ——0. E. Robey, Specialist,
Agricultural Engineering, M. S. C.

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Bulletin No. 2.—"HA_NDBOOK OF
MODERN WATER SUPPLY.” A valu-
able booklet of 32 pages, covering the
Whole subject of watersupply to the farm
home, giving sources, installation and
type of pumps, a highly valuable book
for anyone who is thinking of putting in
or improving his water system.

1
Bulletin N6. 3.—SOIL FERTILIZERS.
Barnyard manure, Fertility in the air,
lime, straw-spreading, top dressing, wood
ashes and commercial fertilizers are all
taken up in this valuable .bulletin..

Bulletin No. 4.—-SEED CORN CURING-
AND STORING. The selection of seed
corn this fall is a very important prob-
lem and the information given by Prof.
D. F. Ralney and Prof. F. E. Fogle of the
M. S. C in this circular bulletin will prove‘

‘ a’great help to you.

Bulletin No. 5.——-THE GOSPEL OF
GOOD FEEDING. This bulletin tells
how to feed profitably according to prac-
tical experience and was prepared by the
former editor of a dairy publication.

 

Bulletin No. 6.—BEFORE YOU IN-
VEST. Many of you have often wonder-
ed about first mortgage bonds as an in-
vestment. This bulletin will give you
considerable information regarding them.

 

     
     
    
   
   
   
   
 

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hunters to exterminate, ,thefn. ~The

(1118.11 and pheasant 35.79 of the great-.
, est help to the crbpsand the farmer...

in general; Would feed them will:

ingly if needed.

ers went in. hordes over‘tai'ms, pest:

ed or not, tearing down fencesj'alid

posts, in their "path and most' of

them, so excited to make a kill, shoot .

without aim, that is the only reason

. if there is any birds left tor next

year. , ., ,
Near our home a warden- captured

four men with pheasant 'hens‘and

out of a number he hasexamin'ed
this year, a half dozen or_ so, had no
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FRIENDLY FEELING'

Gentlemen, Brothers and Friends:
o—I have only had three issues of ‘M.
B. F. but it satisfies every part of
my wants for a paper and I feel
like I had a part in it as I felt for
no other publication. I am not'writ-
ing this Just for fun, I mean it.—
E. U., Compton. '

 

 

‘of six or eight, with girls and dogs

to scare up the quarry, in some in-
stances, so what chance had the poor
bird. ~

Now we farmers know when we
are given a good thing and hate.to
see the fellow with the shotgun who
is not always a good sport or good
shot allowed so many days of roam-
ing over the land. Seems two or
three days of killing the birds would
be enough. I some cases where one
went to remonstrate with men, we—
men and dogs, they all hid in a deep
ditch and sneaked off in the brush.
—Mrs. C. J., Dewitt, Michigan. .

 

SURE WAY TO GET RID OF A
NUISANCE

EAR Editorz—I have read with '

much interest and speculation
the articles concerning the
stealing of poultry in many places
in the State of Michigan. Now it

occurs to me that if we could have a ,

law defining a poultry thief as pred—
itory game and offer $50 or $100
bounty for anyone with a special lic—
ense to kill or capture that kind of
game we would soon be rid of this
nuisance of the poultry yard. We
must do it ourselves if we wish to
rid the country of this sort of bus—
iness. Trapping, electricuting or
shooting on the spot is a short cut
to eradication. As most of the or-
dinary game is becoming scarce, it
is up to the hunters to create a di—
Version or at least for us to create
one for them. If we could make the
license fee one dollar I think we
would have so many hunters out
after big game that it would become
a regular contest but death to the
chicken thief.——G. W. R., Livingston
county.

RADIO DEPARTMENT

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By JAMES W. H. WEIR, R. E.

(Any uestlon regarding radlo wlll be gladly
answered v our radio edltor. You recelve a per-
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a n (1 Sunday, through station
WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave
length of 270 meters.

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COMMENTS

Please send-me your special farm mar-;
ket report pad. You may‘think this is
funny for a- girl to be asking for a farm
market pad but I have to have the mar-
ket reperts, tor agriciilture in school:-
Ge'rgeg' Farmington, Mich.. ,

      

 

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Farmers’ Billion Dollar
Borrowing and Investing System"

HE twelve Federal Land Banks are now the largest group of
mutual farm mortgage institutions in the world. They hav ve
loaned over $1, 250,000 ,000 to more than 400, 000 farmers.

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Interest rates have been equalized and, in many sections, much Land Bank:
reduced. Short—term loans with their frequent renewals have
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To provide funds for these helpful loans, Federal Land Bank we" 93%,

Bonds are issued in convenient denominations—$40, $100, Houston. em
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of the twelve Federal Land Banks. is guarantee, backed by St. Loni-duo.
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every one of these Bonds equally safe. When there are savings
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Thirty Years
'FEW days ago I was privileged
to drive over some of the‘roads
in Calhoun county, which used

to be familiar thirty years ago. At

that time my home was in this
neighborhood. What changes? Well,
thirty years ago there was not a
vacant farm building in this locality.
This recent trip showed some empty:
houses and rath-
er n e g 1 e c t e d
places. It also
a h o w e d some
places which had
, been very greatly
‘ . improved.
a 'few remained
in‘ a b o u t the
same condition.
They have either

worse, and it
would be inter-
esting if I could
have 1 e a r n e d
just which ones
had changed owners.

There was a mail box‘ in front of
every house, but not one in ten bore
a name that was descernible. This
is neglect on the farmer’s part, for
they all admit it to be a fine thing
to have one’s name on the mail box,
and, when the boxes Were first in—
stalled the name was there. But
the weather soon erased it, and in
most instances it has not been re—
placed. |Some of the roads have be—
come state and county roads, while
many still remain under township
supervision. These township roads.
have been somewhat improved, but
what a chance there is for more of
it.- I often wonder how long the
farmers who live on these cross
roads are going to be content to
drive through mud and sand, over
stones and through washouts! Many
farms are so located that their own—v
ers are almost in town before a good
road is reached. Very many of these
farms on poor roads are assessed
just as high as the farms on improv—
ed highways, and the miners are
paying just as much‘ county, town-
ship and state road 'tax. Tlhere
seems no justice in this, and when a
change for the better comes, these
farmers will have had a hand in the
matter. In the meantime, if they
expect “George” to do it, they mis—

 

. L. W. MEERS

-p1ace their expect!

But here we are passing over the
county line into Branch county, and
onto a strange road—however it is
improved, and seems to be a busy
one too. There is a fine farm and
we wonder who lives there, but their
mail box is rusty! They surely
should not be ashamed of their place.
daylight begins to fade away. In the
distance we see lights that must be
Goldwater, and before we know it we
arrive at the'city’s main thorough—
fare and turn east on the old Chica- .
go Pike now called M 23 or U .S.~
112, and what a traffic it has to:
night. It seems everybody is going
slow and traffic is so heavy no one
can turn out and pass. Here is re-
vealed the eternal trend of this rush—
ing age, and the inability of road
makers to keep pace with it.

Ten years ago, the dirt road was
not good enough for the auto traf—
fic, so a fine graveled road was built.
This surely would stand the test—
but it didn't. Therefore a cement
pavement has been constructed.

  
 
     
 
      
 
 
  

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grown better or,

A

This surely will be all that can be re-

quired, but it” isn't. It would an- "

swer very well for one way trails.
but another pavement should be
built tor traflc the other way. In
other words, the cement seems only
half wide enough! It will be twice
as wide before many years, and than
will it be satisfactory? Rather
doubtful. But tonight it is simply
a glare of electricity and rushing
mechanical contraptions. No doubt
there is some noise but the writer
does not hear it. He is wondering

what the old Pottawanamie tribe "
would think of their old trail if they -
could return from their Happy, Hunt? '

ing Ground tonight and behold it. in
it’s present condition. Most anyone
who travels the M-23 of today would
know it was an old Indian trail put
into shape for modern tramc. See
how it curves this way, and bends
back again just a little farther on,
and notice this curve takes it over
near some lakes, while other bends
strike the river in a favorable place
for crossing. But the Indians only
started it as was their fashion, and
the first white men to invade the

.Indian’s country were quite grate—

fu1 to find the old trail as it was,
and not until the Detroit and Chica-
go settlements became large enough
to cause considerable driving be-
tween them, was it deemed neces-
sary to improve the old trail.

This was in 1825, when men and
women from New York and “New
England began to use the trail as a
gateway into the “West.” At this
time, Gabriel Richards, a prominent
man of Detroit, was appointed 11 del-
egate to Congress from Michigan
Territory. Realizing the importance
ofa road across southern Michigan,
he asked Congress for an appropria-
tion, that the road might be survey-
ed. No definite amount was request—
ed, but in February, 1825, the House
and Senate appropriated $3, 000 to
be used in carrying on the work. The
appropriation was indorsed and sign-
ed. by President Monroe, on March 3,
of the same year. The survey was
completed on September 7, 1826, and
the $3,000 proved such a small
amount for the long distance it was
decided to go largely by the Indian
road with only such straightening as
necessity seemed to warrant. Here
and there someone stopped and be-
came a resident of the then well-
traveled road. Many of these first
settlers were asked to give lodging
to passers by, and it is not strange
that there soon were many settlers
who started taverns. Some of these
taverns are in ev1dence today, well
cared for, and of considerable histor-
ic importance. Little‘villages 'sprang
up every few miles, and the road be-
came one of the most important in
the middle west. ~ Emigrant wagons
and stage coaches carried passengers
and mail into the wilderness.

The road grew in importance, but
with the coming of the railroad ~the
traffic began to wane, and the great
Pike began to lose it’s importance
as an artery into the west. From
this time on for nearly sixty years,
the road was simply a stretch of dirt
used only by adjacent land Owners,
and for local travel between towns.

Then the automobile appeared,
and the old Pike was again sought
as a means of travel between the
two settlements of Detroit and Chi-
cago, now grown to be the wonder

 
           
   
   


 

   
  
 

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presto,
wilted it is ad itted to be too
w for the c it must carry.
A min being made to have it
lighted it’s 9 tire length by boule-
yard electric ights.

State Hishwa‘y Commissioner R08-.
are says it possesses ‘more scenic‘

beauty than any other in Michigan,
and that it is now possible to drive
from Detroit to Kansas City on a
.aconcrete highway. All these thoughts
come to my mind as we drive home-
ward tonight. and, while there is a
sort or inclination in being one of
this hurrying, rubber-tired, gas-pro-
pelled throng, on the ribbon of ce-
merit. it will seem good to come to
the forks where we again take the
gravel road, with it's lesser haste,as

we wend our way to Broadscope
Farm.

FRUIT and QRCIIARD

mam by "Bill" NAFIIOIR

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In ”2.31: in alliance and "30nw wireeelil a
letter Near early mall

PLANT DICE

Would like to have you tell me
what to do regarding some fruit
trees; I set out last spring. The
trees started in fine shape and had
put on several inches of growth and
were leaved out pretty. About the
middle of the summer I noticed they

were beginning to die and the leaves

- w e r e m o s t l y
chewed off. I
examined them
more closely and
found the tops
of the trees were

small ants. There
was a steady
string of them
going. up and
down the trunk
and you could
see them chew-
ing the leaves
Herbert Natzlger from the under
side. Also on
some of the trees on the under side
of the leaves there were some real
small green insects. The trees were
apple, plum and cherry. They did
not bother the apple 'trees near as
much as they did the plum and
cherry. They worked on the Burbank
plums the most of any, completely
eating the leaves on of almost every
tree. The trees were in cultivated
ground but the little ants mostly
would follow the trunk right into the
ground. I am going to put out an-
other bunch of plum and cherry
trees next spring and would surely
appreciate it if you will tell me just
wha’t to do .-—-M. S. K., Mio, Mich.

HE ants which you saw crawling
up and down your fruit trees

: were not harming the trees but
were bentkon arvery peaceful and
harmless work. They were doing
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ish to you? It so, then let us go in»

to the matter a little farther. You
say you noticed Some small green
insects on the under side of the

leaves. These insects were plant lice

and they were the fellows that were

doing the damage. The ants were.

merely milking the lice! The plant
lice secrets a sweet liquid known as
honey—dew: of which the ants are
very found and this accounts for the
string of ants going up and down
the trees. Ants have even been ob-

rved in the act of stroking plant
ice with their antennae in order to

stimulate a greatersecretion of the .
much prized honey—dew. If this is,

not milking, then what it is!

The plant lice can be controlled
by spraying with three-quarters of a
rpint of nicotine sulphate in 100 gal-
lons of water to which 3 or 4 pounds
of soap has been added. The nico-
tine sulphate can be obtained from

any dealer in spray material. The .
._ spray must be applied cannon asthe.
‘ first symptoms We and hem

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endgame driving. With the’m hitched
to the big sleighs, and Mrs. McNeil
Wrapped in a shawl as her only 'out-
door {protection from the cold, and
, r. i’McNeil with his lumberman’s

acket buttoned up tight around him
-———neither one had any winter under-
swear, and neither did any one else
in that vicinityT—they would ride the
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tertv‘Vinter weather. But at last there:
came the happy day when‘ they
bought a horse. . -
.One day as Mr McNeil was going

not to turn the horse out for fear the

bears or wolves would get him as

they were terrible thick in the vi-

cinity. But as the horse fretted to

get out and feed she finally let it
out about noon, thinking it would

- stay close to the house and nothing
- would harm it. i

' Returning to the house and her

work she was suddenly frightened

by hearing the horse scream ‘out in

, terror. Rushing outdoors she look-

ed towards the river and saw the

horse across it running for its life
towards her and safety, and follow-
ed close behind by a mammoth bear.

Into the water they both plunged

and kicking,-running, and plunging

they came through and up the bank,

where the Fear stopped at sight of a.

human figure while the horse ran

into the barn. After the bear reared
upon its hind feet and snifled the
air angrily, he turned and slowly
shambled away.

Built New House

After the children grew large
enough to play upon the river bank,
«and one had rolled down it and into
the river, Mr. McNeil decided that
wasn’t the safest place they could
live, so he built a seven room house
about 20 rods 'back from the river.
{Later on he built a large granary
and pig house, also hen coop, and a
large barn with a large shed which
had a stable at each end, and joined
the barn and shed together. .

After they were better off and
owned a stumping machine they
stumped their farm. Some of the
stumps they hauled in mammoth
piles and when they were dry would
set a night to burn them. On such
nights the business men of Midland
would say to each other, “McNeil is
going to have one of his famous
', stump fires tonight,” and together
they would stand on the street corn-
ers and watch towards McNeil’s
place, twelve miles away, for the
first sign of red in the sky.

Then hurriedly calling their wives
and children they would excitedly
watch as the first red glow turned
to dancing flames and then into
angry red streaks as the fierce hot
fire from the pitch
stumps belched heavenward. This
was followed by black clouds of
smoke that surged and floated only
to be succeeded again by an angry
red glare.

a; At other times the stumps were
. hauled into a long tight row and so
made into a stump fence which
would last forever as it never rotted
down. Some of the fences had their

: top roots cut off level and so made
anice level-fence. Others had all
their roots left on and made a rough
uneven top.

Then again, many of the stumps
were drawn to the high river banks
and pushed over and floated down

i the stream with the first freshet. One
day as they were drawing the stumps
to the bank their youngest son,

‘ Orin, drOVe too close and both stump
and horses went over the steep ,em-
bankment. The horses were bruised
quite badly but not permanently 1n-

jured. .
Circuses and Indians

Circuses and Indians used to-
travel back and forth on the main
road from St. Louis and Midland,

- which led by the McNeil farm. The
circuses consisted of ponies, ele-
“phants, dogs and monkeys, while the
Indians traveled with their ponies,
Wives and, papooses and sold fancy
baskets " of different colors and

t. shapes.

One night there were twelve In-

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came, and ask-
df' to stay all night,_- Mrs; McNeil
Was frightened, bygthsir dark sullen

  

,. ought, “what will we do if they
‘ t swam; try’ to kill us, there

     

‘ are, the. only teas-tilting; ~
.. eer family-had was a tea-in of

again the same day through the'bit—'

. away from home he' told his wife

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‘will be only two _of us againsttheir

twelve.” But her husband over-rul-
ed her obiec'tidhs by saying, “We
might better willingly keep twelve
good natured Indians than to be
forced to}: ep‘ them when ,a’ngryd.’

T139. In ,\ ins With their wives, and
papoosesi’spr‘ead their blankets on,
the fljo'orvbythe side of the fires in ‘
the kitchen and sitting room and all

laid down picnic fashion. They talk-
ed and lau'ghed‘good humeredly both

evening and morning and after

breakfast bade their hostess good-
departed. . '
«Entertaining Gypsies
Another. night a band of gypsies
stayed all night in their barn and
when they .left in ,the morning the
children’s pet pige‘On was also gone,
nothing remaining but his feathers.

the housework from daylight until
ten or eleven o’cldck. at night, her
mother managed to knit two. pairs of
mittens, or in ,other words four sing-
le ones. She furnished all her own-
yarn and received 25. cents a pair for
them when ' done. She. generally
made them of black and red yarn ’or
gray and red. and the‘lum'ber, jacks
and farmers liked them very'fmu‘cjh.
By knitting this: way she mixed
to buy many, little articles "0 cloth-

\ing for herself and family.

Keeping Post Office
Mr. and Mrs. McNeil, kept the post
oflice‘ for a number of years and in
this way they bought them a $7 6 or-
gan. As it was the only one in the
neighborhood ' it attracted ‘a. lot , of

attention as'well as providing a lot .

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WHAT AHPEARED IN LAST ISSUE Q
true story of the lives of William and Harriet McNeil, written
' by their daughter, Lavinia Heminger, won first prize in our recent

ntest.

In the first installment, which appeared in our'November

20th issue, Mrs. Hemingver told of [how they did their cooking, ho’wthey
made their‘clothing, beginning at childhood. ‘ Then they mammal-fled
and moved onto a'hmnesteadl in Gratiot county, thirty fniles from {the '
nearest town. To earn money Mr. McNeil worked in a mill. in this
town returning home on foot every two weeks to bring food to his
bride, walking the thirty miles one dayandwreturning the next. . Then

they moved to
business. '

near Midland and Mr. ‘McNeil went into the lumbering

The eoncluding installment appears in this issue, and we will follow
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There was ‘something peculiar
about this pigeon which was a male
and named Dick. It had no mate,
and getting lonesome for a family of
its own it often chased the setting
hens off their eggs and set on them
itself during the day. But when it
came night it would leave the eggs
and return to its roost in the barn.
It would also coax the hen’s little
chickens away from them and all
day would strut around the yard
cooing to the strange family. But
when it came night it left them to
care for themselves. The children
feeling sorry for Dick’s lonliness
tried making a special nest for him
and filling it with small hen’s eggs.
Oh! how proud he was of it. He
would sit all day on it carefully turn-
ing his eggs every few minutes and
talking lovingly to them but when
it came night Dick returned to his
roost.

Working Evenings

Those were busy times for the
farmers and their wives. After
working all day, if the night was
moonlight, they would spend the
time after the evening chores were
done and up until midnight, cutting
and binding wheat, setting it up in
shocks, husking corn, or any of a
thousand other jobs which needed to
be done. They had no flivver to go
joy riding in, and when they laid
down forthe night they needed no
sleeping powders.

They had more compassion on
their oxen and horses than theyhad
on themselves. For while the tired

women toiled the long evening hoursf

away their teams ran in the pasture
fields, or weedlots, fighting flies and
mosquitoes and getting what they
could to eat . V

'During the long winter evenings
and part of the days, Mrs.‘ McNeil"
knit mittens, by hand for the lumber.

jacks. he knitthem ‘of doubleyarn

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er oldest daughter ‘dOne all. them. But'as Mr. Benjamin’s pe 1e

children all thought a lot of it and
liked to sing while playing on'it,
and the boy George became a suc-
cessful musician.

Neighbors were very friendly in
those days though they didn’t' have
the time to visit each other during
the busy times, yet, when they had
the leisure they would take their en-
tire family and go to visit another
family by, staying for dinner or sup—
per wth them.

As McNeil’s had an organ and
the post office their home proved the
most attractive place in the neigh-
borhood to visit. There was never
a night but what their rooms were
full from chore time until midnight,
and often the people would come
about 10 A. M. and wait for their
mail which came anytime between
12 A. M. and 2 P. M:

There was a schoolhouse about 8.0
rods from Mr. McNeil’s, and it was
called ,the McNeil’s schoolhouse.
Here was held all the political meet~
ings and all religious services of all
denominations, when any of the men
from Midland or anywheres'in that
county went out electioneering or
any ministers with their families
came .to hold revivals or preach Sun-
day, they all stopped .at McNeil’s and
there they stayed until they left the
neighborhood. And why shouldn’t
they? Accomodations, cost them
nothing and Mr. and Mrs. McNeil
and children always gave them a
hearty welcome. ‘ » '

1 Smallpox and -Burial .

'At one-timea family named Ben-
’jamin who had a girl," she was the
only child, lived onIthe farm adjoin~
ing the McNeil‘s. ‘The girl, who was
a' young lady, got the small-pox. At

that time small—pox was considered
one of the worst ,diseaSes in the

world as hardly :fanyone ever recov-

jered from~it,‘ and sofall the neigh—

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Then going over to the Chippewa

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, he girlgrew worse and was cov- . . g
‘1 ‘which sealed-‘;f ‘
her eyes and mouth shut a (1, so, she- ,_
When MimMcNéil found,out:j_
she was dead he'hitched up his team?
and went to a neighbor’s and had,

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river to a family Which'ldived‘t-here ,

got themyt-o come find» help‘b‘uryi‘ 1% e
. girl- for they hadifbot-h 1h 4

it

sandy land up on a hill, which
was about a mile and a half from
any farm house for a cemetary. .
‘That evening, .Mr.' McNeil and
John Goddard,‘a‘n’ uncle of, the girl,
went to the empty graveyard and
dug the poor girl’s grave.» Along
bout midnight the mother and fath-
.r put their only child in the rude
c'ofiin,’ then" while the mother stayed
at homethe father and the strange
man and. wife took the corpse in a.
wagon to the cemetary. When the
‘ grave diggers saw the little proces-
sion coming they tied their lanterns
to bushes near the open grave and

then went back for a few rods while ‘

the two men and one woman low-
ered the dead in her grave and cov-
ered her. over with a foot of dirt.
. After they had gone the other -two
men came forward and finished fill-
ing the grave. '

After Mr. McNeil got interested in
politics he began to sell nursery
stock, and as all the fruit trees and
grape vines and berry roots he had
left over after delivering the ordered
goods were set out on his own farm,
he soon had one of the largest vine-
yards and orchards in that county.

Their 'Dools

Their Only drag at that time was
a home-made affair. Made of three
pieces of logs, each about 10' feet
long and 8 inches in diameter. These
were fastened together in the shape
of a letter A and then wooden or
iron pegs‘ were driven through the
three pieces a foot apart, and pro-
truded six inches below, for teeth.
Their (first cultivators which they
bought were single shovels, later on
they had double shovels.
first cultivators which they made
‘ were out of a part of a tree top, from
which all the limbs had been remov-

e

,1

ed but one. This was chopped off so‘

it left a snag from two to three feet
long. By hitching the hfbrse or '01:
to ' the top, . and putting ' handles,
which consisted of one or'two" Sticks
,on' it; ease to hold the snag‘ dewn
into the ground, a' man thought he
had a pretty good cultivator.

During the fall of 1889 Mr. McNeil

had three strokes of paralysis and he
died November 18 leaving his widow
with seven children ranging in years
from six to twenty-one. .

She remained single for a year
and a half when she married a Civil
War soldier named

once more alone.

, At the present time she is past
92 years old, and has the mind and
memory of a person of twenty-five.
But she/ is crippled with rheumatism
and has had to walk with the 'aid of
a crutch. ‘ '

On the 19th day of June in 1926
she fell and broke, one of the bones
in her right limb, between the knee
and ankle, and is now bedfast.

She lives with her
daughter on a farm six miles south
east of Cedar Springs, in Michigan.

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AN ERROR

E made the .mistakein .our last

\ issue of having one reader live

in the home of another and we

are very sorry that this jhappened.
The picture of the home of .C. W.
Sanderson. of Big Rapids, Mecosta
county, was published. with cut , lines .

 
 

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But their ‘

. John . Deeter. .
,With him she lived for seven years.
and a half when he died and left her _

as: '

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vifcinity soMr. McNeil gave two acres '
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TEXT: “Confess therefore your sins
one to another, and pray one for another
that ye may be healed.” James 5:16.

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good conscience, good sense,
and good works. This author

seems little concerned about doctrin-

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wholesome living. James was a good

Jew and was well acquainted with

the Jewish scriptures. One wonders

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since he puts his own letter together
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can be sure, in reading James, of the
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also sure of the remedy which is
given as follows: “Be subject there-
fore unto God; but resist the devil
and he will flee from you. Draw
nigh to God and he will draw nigh
to you. Cleanse your hearts, ye sin-
ners; and purify your hearts, ye
double-minded. Be afflicted and
mourn and weep; let your laughter
be turned to mourning and your joy
to heaviness. Humble yourselves in
the sight of the Lord and he will ex-
alt thee." The remedy then was a
warm, personal contact with God.
~But is it yet? Christ’s treatment for
diseased living is not an absent one.
He is not dropping down magic heal-
ings from a distant Holy of Holies.
He is here as the Great Physician to
make the life whole. But our text
'points out some special demands
made upon the patient that he may
be healed.

“Confess therefore your sins.”
This is the first essential condition
to healthful living. It seems fairly
clear that the verses immediately
pmceding suggest a bodily healing.
But an honest confession brings spir-
itual harmony in the soul of the sick
man and predisposes his body to
healing. This makes him whole and
holy. He is healed in mind and
body. Most people are not honest
with the good doctor. They will not
confess their gluttonous eating and
careless living. But until these phys-
ical sins are uncovered, the doctor
can do little. Of course he looks at
the tongue and studies symptoms;
and in hope of helping the patient,
he gives a purpative to rid him of the
apparent source of the malady. And
how well folks know that to vomit
well is to feelebetter! But this is
true of the soul. The Spiritual Diag-
nostician demands an honest con-
fession. He knows that when ‘the
sinning one accuses himself he is on
the road to recovery. “Blessed is
the man whose sin is covered." But
our sins are not covered until we
uncover them. "If we confess (un—
cover) our sins he is faithful and
righteous to forgive us our sins.”

Confess “one to another." Here
some find sanction for confession to
a priest. But surely there is noth-
ing in these words upon which to
base a church sacrament. "One an-
other” is fatal to any such interpre-
tation. The priest and preacher as
well have their confession to make to
others. The principle is reciproacal
and refers to all mortals. Mutual
confession among all Christians is
called for to the end there may be
mutual harmony.

This is supplimentary to the
teachings and implications of the
Lord's Prayer. In this prayer the
principle of forgiving as we forgive
is involved. This is the will of God
to be done on earth as it is in heav-
en. It is obvious that our Master is
pointing out a mutual responsibili-
ty and is implying that‘the end of his
coming to earth is to establish a so-
cial kingdom. of goodwill. Regener-
ation» through confession and for-
giveness is fundamental. When this
law rules-daily in the. lives of men
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to him for healing. In noting her
case he found she had not prayed for
years. So, it was not surprising that
this Christian physician, who knew
something of the remedial. value of
prayer, should tell this woman to go
home, pull down the curtains in her
room, set a chair in the middle of
the floor, get down on her knees, and
pray three times a day for several
days, and then come and report to
him. It is needless to say that this
getting close to God worked wonders
for this woman. It brought the Holy
Spirit of healing into her life. But
it will to all. And isn’t it because
there is too little surrendered prayer
that there is too little Holy Spirit,
and therefore too little power in the
lives of most of us? But dropping on
one’s knees in the morning for a fev-
erish minute or so, and hurrying to
the "Amen" at night, will not do.
There must be intense desire breath-
ed to our Giver and Healer through-
out the day.

Then James says there were oth-
ers whose prayers were vain. “Ye
ask amiss.” The motive was wrong.
The life was sinful. Their blesings
were consumed in selfish pleasures.
“Ye covet and obtain not. Ye fight
and war." And so we see the point
of the injunction given in the words,
“and pray one for another that ye

may be healed." Haven't you known~

of church folks who were covetous
and envious one of another? I hav—
not enough fingers to count those
whom I know who will not speak to
each other. But don’t they pray?
0 yes, and they use nice oily words.
But James would say that their
prayers were full of presumption
and vanity. “Whenever ye stand
praying, forgive if ye have aught
against anyone; that your Father
who is in heaven may forgive you
your tresspassess." These are warn-
ing words of Jesus. This kind of
prayer washes hate; out of the blood.
One day Jesus startled his disciples
by telling them to pray for their
enemies. He knew that it would
take this kind of praying to keep
love on top.

Praying for one another is mutual
religion. It identifies oneself with
the welfare of others. To pray for
one another is to fell and promote
unity and mutual love. It makes for
a give and take in one’s daily life.
Mutual confession and praying
would put an end to hate and covet-
ousness in church and social life and
bring healing to both the individual
and thegroup.

OUR BOOK REVIEW

(Boob reviewed under this
be secured throu h The Michigan B
Farmer, and be promptly shipped by
parcel )post on receipt of publisher’s price
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Alfalfa Growing in the United States
and Canadar—By George Stewart, Profes-
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lege. A useful book for farmers in every
section of the United States and unada,
dealing with varieties, adaption, care of
seed bed, harvesting and marketing, pest
control, feeding values and seed produc-
tion. All the information is hued on the
results of actual experiments. It is well
illustrated. contains 517 pages, and re-
tails at $8.50. The MaaMillan Company
are publishers.

Fertilizerse—By Edward B. Voorhees.
This book, which takes up the source.
char-acts! and composition of fertilizer
materials and suggests (as to their use,
was first written by the late Edward B.
Voorhees nearly thirty years age. and was
recently revised by Sidney B. Haskell.
Director of the Massachusetts Agricul—
tural Emerim‘ant Station. The price of
this book-is $3.50, it, is well illustrated,
and contains a total of 310 pages. ' It is
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GUARDING OUR NAME

0 build a good name takes plenty of perserver-
T ence and ability to follow the road laid out
regardless- of obstacles in the way, but it is
the maintenance of that good name that requires
real fight. Not only must you guard against
yourself but the entire world as well because
there are many who envy you and would not
hesitate to drag you down to their level if given
the opportunity. 01' perhaps they will try to use
your name to benefit themselves. For instance,
take the case regarding an agent and THE BUs-
mEss FABMER which has just' come to our atten—
tion.

An agent selling a poultry remedy, supposed
to kill lice if put in the chicken’ 5 drinking water,
called on one of our Allegan county subscribers.
He carried a copy of Tn: Busmnss FARMEB with
him and pointed out a. question regarding worms
in poultry which he claimed to have answered
for us, according to the subscriber. He also
claimed to have called at our oflice. Gaining the
confidence of our reader in this way he finally
sold him $25. 00 worth of his remedy. Now we
are trying to locate him.

THE Busmnss FARMEB is hated by all swindlers
and crooks because we expose them and their
methods as rapidly as we nd out about them.
Knowing that our subscribers have confidence in
us, swindlers are always anxious to take advantage
of this fact, claiming that we endorse their pro-
position or making some other elaborate state-
ment. This poultry remedy agent told a deliber-
ate falsehood because he did not furnish the an—
swer to the inquiry published in our columns,
he never has been on our editorial staff to do
such work, and we do not know him from Adam,
but our subscriber was misled, just as possibly
others were.

Perhaps many of our subscribers are misled
every year by swindlers claiming to have our en-
dorsement, but who is to blame? Certainly we
can not be blamed for something we know nothing
about, and as soon as we do learn about any such‘
deals we publish a warning to our other sub-
scribers. Our good name is at stake in such cases
and we are anxious to defend it.

No swindler would be interested in using our
name if he did not feel that he would benefit
temporarily at least from it and if we did not
have a reputation for fighting blue-sky dealings
he would not bother to mention M. B. F. We
must be constantly on guard to protect this
name, and we want you to help us by reporting
any agent or salesman who calls at your door
and tries to tell you that we recommend what he
has for sale. Do not believe his statements until
you have had time to verify them.

 

TO TAKE UP TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
HERE was recently organized a state traffic
council at Detroit with the purpose of cen-
sidering the advisability of asking the state
legislature and municipalities of the state to pass
uniform trams laws. Now let us hope that the
. council shows more activity than the people did
- ,Jn organizing the cannon because uniform We

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informedouthemanymhnofm
cltysrvillage, putthe courtsfailtoaecoptisnorb
ence as an excuse for law Violation, and it is only
right that they should not because if they did
there are many intentional law breakers who will
escape justice through such an excuse- Then the
only solution to the problem is to make We
laws uniform and then it they are broken punish-
ment will be justified at all times because every
driver should be able to observe the laws that are
in force in his own community or his license
should be taken from him.

Further, these laws should be in force in other
states as much as possible. '

The council is also working on the problem of
reckless drivers who endanger the lives of citizens
daily. A more strenuous examination of the ap—
plicant for license urged, and "then periodical ex-
amination thereafter. ’ Now one license lasts a
lifetime. If you wear it out it is a simple matter
to renew it. Make the license plates for the auto-
mobile good fbr the life of it instead of having
them renewed annually, then have individuals
renew their driving license every twelve months,
is being advocated as a most practical move, and
it deserves the support of every thinking citizen
in Michigan.

A man might pass the examination with flying
colors and be declared an excellent and most care-
ful driver at that time, but within a year he
might become the victim of any one of a score
of disorders that would make him unsafe as a
driver. Under the present order of things unless
he ran afoul of the law and appeared before «a
judge who revoked his driving permit he could
continue to operate an automobile to his dying
day, a menace to the safety of the public. If
the law required the renewing of driving licenses
at the beginning of each year he would be elim-
inated as a lawful driver at the end of the first
twelve months.

The council has a big job cut out for it and
we hope that it gets down to buSiness right away.
Certainly the eyes of the entire country is upon
it because the automobile center of the world is
in Michigan, and what is done here will be used
in solving the problem in other sections.

 

THE POULTRY THIEF MUST GO!

NE Thousand Dollars in rewards of $50
each is hereby offered by The Michigan
Business Farmer for the arrest and

successful prosecution of poultry thieves.
These rewards will be paid on the following
basis:

1. For infor‘mation or arrest leading to
the conviction of any thief or thieves of
chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or guinea
fowl, from the premises of a member of
The Michigan Business Farmer Service and
Protective Bureau, living in Michigan whose
subscription to The Michigan Business
Farmer is paid-in-advance at the time of
the robbery. ~

2. The sheriff must be notified as soon
as possible after the robbery is discovered,
and full details of the theft must be mailed
to The Michigan Business Farmer within
three days after its occurence.

\ 3. The amount of the reward in each
case shall be Fifty Dollars ($50) and shall
be paid only upon the undisputed convic-
tion and sentence of the offender.

4. Only one reward Will be paid in each
case. ' ' . '

‘5. The reward in each case will be paid
to the one .who is principally responsible
for the arrest and conviction of the law
violator. This includes State and County
police oflcers. In case of dispute as to who
is entitled to the reward, the county prose-
cuting attorney shall make the decision.

6. The Michigan Business Farmer must
be notified in advance of the date of the
trial of the accused

7. This offer is limited to the payment
‘of twenty rewards of Fifty Dollars ($50)
each, One Thousand Dollars ($1000) total
reward.

~ 8. This offer applies to’ crimes com-,
mitted after September 25th. 1926, and
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mi new unrest in in

for their produce by retelling it at their front
door than hauling it to town and disposing of it
at wholesale.

A drive of a hundred miles in the southern
part of the state will show the motorist roadside
markets of all kinds and sizes, from a. hastily
constructed stand near the road to quite an elab-
orate place of business with graveled or concrete ,1
drive and ample parking space. Through some
of these roadside markets pus the produce from '
but a few acres, while almost the entire crop of
farms made up of a hundred acres or more is sold
direct to the consumer through others. A fruit
farm in Macomb county sells in the neighborhood
of 60,000 bushels of peaches annually right at
the front door. An Illinois farmer we recently
read of does, over $18,000 worth of busineseresch
year at his market. The wife of a fruit grower
in the cherry belt of Michigan sold over fifteen
hundred home-baked pies within five weeks last
summer. Of course these three we have men-
tioned are not ordinary cases but we could men-
tion many'that are not unusual, most of them
being conducted along.the same line with similar"
success. However, where individual ideas are
worked into the marketing, special efforts made
to interest the passer~by and attention given to
pleasing him when he becomes a buyer, there you
find the outstanding successes.

November 1st was the closing date of a contest
we ran for letters from our readers on their suc-
cess with roadside markets. Many operating
markets failed to enter stating that they did‘not,
feel that their operations along that line were
large enough or their experience broad enough

'to warrant theirlexpressing their opinions so the

total number of letters was not very large but
the ones that we did receive were very good. C.
H. Harnden, of Saginaw, R. 4, won first prise of
five dollars and his letter appears elsewhere in
this issue. Second prize of three dollars went to '
Andrew Brady, R. 1, Central Lake. A lady, Mrs.
Alice Bowermaster, won third prize of two dollars.

but we are unable to send it to her as she failed .'

to give us her address, so we hope she reads
this and lets us hear from her right away.

You are bound to get some helpful ideas from
Mr. Harnden's letter. as well as from others that
will appear in our columns from time to time.
One thing in particular you will notice in all
letters is that you must find out what your cusp
tomers want and then have it for them. You
have the supply and they the demand, on you
must make the supply correspond with the de-
mand or your market is a failure.

WATCH THAT BULL
VERY little while» you read of where some
one has been killed by a bull, and in most
cases it is reported that “tire attack caught
them by surprise as he had always been ‘so
“gentle". Beware of a bull whether he be
called gentle or not. You may think that your
herd sire would not do any such thing but we
caution you to watch out. Just because he never
has'harmed any perSon is no sign that he will
not do such a thing. It is usually the "gentle"
bull that kills because people are on their guard
when around one known to have a ferocious
nature.

 

PETER PLOW‘S PHILOSOPHY

I notice how a housekeepin expert advises folks
to eat onions if they would have sparklin’ eyes,
An’ she might have added, if they crave privacy.
Kinda poor advice to pass along to a young lolly .
who wants to appear at her best so’e her teller
will pop the question.

Some of the young fellers in my neighborhood
are preparin' to take a short course or two over
at M. S. C. beginnin’ the first of the year. Guess
they’re gettin' ideas that the ways their dads
farmed ain' t good enough for them—and, by
gravy, they ain‘t!

 

With all the rains’ we have had this fall about

_ all the bean crop a lot of poor comes have had

is bean soup. Sort of liquidated their crop you
might say.

 

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081‘ or you folks read our re-
nerton “Panties Bill, the Blind

.. .1 -' Tie man" and will be interested
I in further information we have.re+
- ceiVed regarding him since that time.

The police officials of" the city

where his business is " located, - St.
Louis, Missouri, \advise that. he is
not entitled to” any consideration
whatever and no attention should be
paid to his communications. Also
it is understood that he is conduct-
ing an extensive enterprise with the
backing of business interests. It has
even been said that a large knitting
mill is using him as a means of die-
He stated to
the St. Louis Better Business Bureau
that he is not in need of charity and
promised to eliminate all reference
to his blindness from his advertising,
a‘promise which apparently he has
not fulfilled to date.

. THEY’RE 1N AGAIN .

7 UR field service men report that
the agentsfor the Farm Journal
of Philadelphia. are in Michigan

again with their “petition" scheme.

It seems that along about this
time of year in company with the
corn borer, bean blight and red eye,
the farmers’in Michigan have to be
imposed on by a craitw lot of in—

‘ dividu'als who realize that this» is

crop selling time, and that the farmer
is apt to have an extra dollar in his
jeans.

We said two or‘ three years ago in

~ this column, that the petition scheme

as worked by the Farm Journal to
secure subscriptions for that other-
wise worthy and respected farm
magazine, was so old and hoary that
it had long gray whiskers, so you
can imagine how much older it is
now!

Farm Journal agent working 'in
Michigan have told our readers that
the Farm Journal was responsible
for everything from the rural free

,delivery to the rural credits act, that

without the Farm Journal, we would
never have had farm loans, or regu-
lated marketing, sopwe assume that
perhaps this year their men will be
taking credit for the radio, President
Coolidge, and the high price of rye.

We are hardly so selfish as to re-
fuse any publication the right to

solicit subscriptions from the farm?

ers pt Michigan for their magazine,
but if as reported, the Farm Journal
is taking money from the farmers of
Michigan, under the guise of the old
“petition”. scheme. we are perfectly
willing to give them this free adver-
tising again by advising our readers
that this is only a hoax to make it

a. easy for the agent to get subScrip-'
> ,2 tions.

We assume, as in the past, they
are not leaving any copies of the
“petitions" with their victims, but
if you happen to have‘ met one and
know what the “petition” this year
is asking for, THE Busmnss Fannie:
would like to hear from you.

 

NEED Nor ACCEPT PICTURE

Am writing you in regard to a
picture agent who canvassed our
neighborhood last month representing
“The Portrait Company from Chica—
go, Illinois.” The paintings, he said,
were thirty dollars each. He had a.
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‘a'redsealon it Twas real lucky and
would j win a painting free and I

would get another one on which» the ;

company would pay half leaving fif-
He said
there were just a few red seals in

the box as. they couldn’t aflord to

give them to everyone. I drew a red
seal and supposing I was lucky sent
for a painting.
that everyone ‘who drew got a red
seal.

The man who took the order sent
another man to deliver. He came
yesterday and .«I told him my husband
objected to my taking the picture
and he said I was compelled to take
them as I had signed a paper to that
effect, and if I didn't pay he would
leave it in the hands of a collector.
Can ' this
Union City, Michigan.

0U will receive some threatening

letters alright but do not get any

wrinkles in your brow or any
gray hairs worrying over it because
all they will'do is to threaten. Their
agent misrepresented to you, just as
he did to all of the other folks. so
they are not going to kick up a fuss
about it. They have had too much
experience along that line to start
anything.

When the picture agent calls at a
lot of the homes of M. B. F. readers
he is greeted with “Oh yes, we know
all about your proposition. We read
about it in THE BUsINEss Fumes,”
and he heads for the road without
You try it the
next time one calls on you.

TWO SCHEMES OF THIEVES
FEW weeks ago I was at Breck-
enridge, Mich., and there I heard
about two chicken thief’s schemes

which were new to me. One was
this, A man Went around selling a
fluid with which to spray the hen
houses to destroy the mites. If any-
one bought, then this agent would
do the spraying iree of charge. He
did the spraying all right and also
looked at the poultry and sought out
the safest plan for a thief to steal
the fowl. Then, when. the farmer
or his wife went to feed'the flock
the next morning there weren’t any
to feed.

The second fellow’s scheme was a
little different- He went to the
farmers and offered to cull their
hens and young chickens for them
free of charge, providing they would
sell him the culls. A good many bit
on this bait. The man was a good
culler and did a fine job but he called
the good ones culls and the poor
ones good. He then bought the good
ones and sold them at a fancy price
as the Choicest of layers.

There were so many chicken

» thieves of different types down there

that the sheriff said if anyone who

"had their poultry stolen would notify

him at once he was sure he could
catch the thief. A, lady who had 100
two-pound . broilers taken notified
him as soOn as she discovered her
loss. At once the sheriff got busy and
phoned to the-poultry buyers of‘Ith-
aca, St. Louis, Grand Rapids and De-
troit describing the broilers and tell-
ing them if "anyone showed up with
the described chickens, to withhold
pay and hold the person. At four
o’clock that same afternoon a phone
call‘came from det‘roit saying a man
had just come in with the described
property. The sheriff. and woman
motored to Detroit and the chickens
proved to be hers. So she told the
man who had them for sale that he
could have them loaf/2.50 apiece and
he took them at that price.

Now the above information was
given to me while I was at Breck-
enridge. ‘If it will help any of your
readers you are welcome to use it.
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as I grew older

.12.},lmelt beside my bed,

‘ _ er'always knelt besideme
,her hand upon my head.

She taught me to be manly
.. be honest. kind and true,
phi to do unto others

' they should do to you.

50 when about to stumble
‘In'life's pitfalls by the way,_
,Jt‘gas then I thought of Mother
And how she used to pray.

.As she knelt down beside me

.By that little trundle bed

.And taught me now I lay me 2
With her hand upon my head.

gMany years have come and gone.

, That dear mother’s passed away.
“Years have brought many sorrows,
My hair. is turning Gray,

But it's stamped upon my memory
When I knelt beside my bed,

And my mother knelt beside me
‘Wlth herhand upon my head.

SERVING TRAY

HE serving tray is a strength and
time saver. The tray saves
‘ many trips between the dining
room and kitchen, both in serving
{and in clearing away meals, especial-
ly in a large household where many
dishes must be handled. The top
and shelf spaces are sufiicient to re-
move all dishes to or from the table
in one trip. It saves steps in serv—
ing refreshments at social occasions.
It is invaluable to use as a bedside
. tray in the sick room. The tray
.when made well is attractive as well
as useful and may serve as a read—
.ing table or flower stand.
, The upper part of the serving tray
.13 box shaped, 16 inches wide and 26
inches long. This is supported by
"tour legs 1% by 1% inches which
’measure 31 inches from the floor to
the top of the tray. The top of the
tray or lid of the china compartment
'is edged by a 1% inch molding.
The china compartment is 4 1.4 inches
deep and is painted white within.
On the sides of this compartment
are little screw hooks on which cups
, may be hung. There is space in the
"compartment for serving dishes for
six.
, Below this serving compartment is
l- a drawer 2 inches deep, which is
divided into two parts. One side is
' used for linen and one side for silver.
The side used for silver is lined with
dark-colored or outing flannel.

"In the space below the drawer a
large undershelf is placed. The
serving tray is put on noisless swivel
~ca8tors, thus allowing the table to
2 turn completely around, which is a
great convenience. Instead of cas~
tors, small swivel wheels or the
small wheels of a baby carriage or
’toy wagon may be used. A tray
made by the dimensions given above
, is a convenient size and one that
will go through doorways without
danger of bumping.

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TIME SAVERS IN SEWING
" RESSING wrinkled material or
‘1 patterns with a hot flat iron be-
fore working with them will
. save time in sewing. A pressed pat-
tern will lie flat on the material and
be easier to follow when cutting the
Vigoods. Easting pays for it prevents
,mista'kes. A time saver in basting
=s‘traixht seams in material that does
'not slide is to use pine placed at
ht angles to the seam. These can
”be removed easily as one stitches on
v'the sewing machine. Well pressed
; Ferns are more easily sewed. Mak-
ing ’ French hems is simplified by
‘ pressing before stitching the second

time.

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‘ [FINISHING A SPARE ROOM

‘WANT to tell the sisters and read-
‘ers of the Women’s Page about
. a my new room. In the house
sWhich we recently bought there was
..._ unfinished room. ,I needed this
n. It is -a bedroom but as money
scarce I racked my brain in try-
to, think of some way to get it
ed. It last my husband's
"1' said, “Why don’t you get
largerppasteboard boxes at the
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DEAR FOLKS:—-'.l‘his is thetimo of the year when “An ounce of pre-
vention is worth “a pound of are,” from a health standpoint at
least. Nature always sounth her note of warning but many times
it passes unheeded. until we are startled by the doctor’s diagnosis-—
"pneumonia"—“pluerisyi‘—“tuberculosis i ”
conditions can be avoided if the children are taught early in life to
recognize the warnings which Nature gives to us. . ,
It is very important that the feet b6 kept warm and dry; avoid
sitting in a draught before open windows or doors, but exercise in the
open‘air, properly dressed, is always necessary. Plenty of sleep. which
2 like the fresh air, costs nothing, is a wonderful health insurance. It
is when our bodies are tired that disease germs “break through the .
find? and get in their deadly work. ’
Oftentimes if a gargle is used persidently when the throat first be-
gins to smart and feel dry, a severe attack of tonsilitis may be avoided.
Plenty of milk and good water with nourishing food complete the

prime factors in good health.

our health—surely it
worth every efl‘ort we can
make to promote it in the
home, school and 00mmun-
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blankets and. this..'did no good.

as‘his 'wife was sick and When he saw

how my little girl was suffering .he told'

me to get four or five ears of corn- shelled

‘and put in a half bucket of boiling water

and let it boil it while and then cool down
so she could-hold ‘her feet in it for’a half
hour and then put her to bed. The next
morning she was purple from head. to
foot. I think every, mother should re-
member thisc—Mrs. R... Allegan. Mich. .
——I am inclined to- think that the con-
tinued applications of heat did the trick.
regardless of how it was applied; how-
ever, I remember seeing my grandmother
sweat one of her grown sons. when he
had the measles." by sweating, him in 'a
rocking chair by the‘flre. carefully wrap-
ped in a comfort. and packing the ears
of hot corn all about him. After the
sweat was well started the heat was
gradually reduced‘when the *patient was
placed in a warm bed. I was born on
the prairies of Kansas. in a sod house.
ten miles from town or the nearest deo-
tor and a lumber wagon our only eon-
veyance; needless to say, both of my
grandmothers were very good “doctors"
though they held' no diploma. "

 

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them up anyway. Next I went to
the hardware and purchased some
short roofing nails. They are best
as they have such large heads. I
came home and went to work nail-
ing the boxes on. I had to wait
several weeks before I got enough
boxes to cover the entire room as
our town is small and the boxes
didn’t accumulate so very fast, but
as soon as I would get some I would
nail them on. Then I took some old
window shades I had and tore them
into strips and pasted them over the
cracks. Cloth would answer just as
well. Next I papered it with news-
papers, then wall paper, and with a
pint of paint for the wood work. I
now have a nice bedroom at very
little outlay of money, just the nails,
wall paper and paint. This will very
as to the size of the room and the
price paid for~wall paper. Of course,
it was lots of work but I did it all
myself at odd times so really I feel
well repaid for my work and the
little it cost anyone could afford.
Hope this will help someone else
who has an unfinished room. How
many know what nice comforts one
can make out of sugar and flour
sacks? You can get the sugar sacks
at your grocer by the dozen v ry
cheap and the flour sacks you can
get at the bakery for a little more
than what the sacks cost but the
flour sacks are heavier so it all de-
pends on what weight you prefer.

Next I wash them and then dye them
some pretty shade. Then be sure
they are square or even at least,
press and sew together, put in your
batten and tie with either sansilk
or some pretty yarn. Two colors
makes it prettier and there you have
a nice comfort for cold winter nights
which are not very far off now. Will
stop now hoping these hints will
help someone. These sacks make
nice baby quilts also.—Mrs. R. P.,
Newaygo County. '

 

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Another Hymn Wanted.-—-I,would like
to ask if anyone could tell me where I
could get a hymn with these words.
"Scribes came and Pharisees, eager to see
what the poor Nazarene's verdict would
be." The hymn is taken from John 8:3-
11. I have forgotten the name of the
piece but it speaks of Jesus writing on
the ground with his finger, also the words
in the 11th verse. I knew this years ago
but cannot remember the name of the
book in which it was. Hope someone
can help me out—Mrs. E. A. 8., Mania-
tee County. ‘

 

Anyone Have This Becipe?—Will you
please ask through Our Page for a recipe
for making chestnut dressing for fowls?
—Mrs. A., Macomb County. /

 

Heat Brought Out Measles.—My baby
has been very low with the measles.
One doctor examined her lungs in front

M. S. C. Package Loan Library. -

‘OR several years the Reference
Department, of' the Library of
the Michigan State College has

maintained a package loan library
system for the benefit of those peo-
ple in the state who are interested
in agriculture, home-making and
country life. A package library is
a collection of bulletins, pamphlets
and clippings on a given subject and
it is loaned to the borrower free of
cost though he is' expected to pay the
postage both ways.

These package collections prove

valtfable for many purposes. If a
tamer is starting out to raise a new
crop or set out any orchard or go
into the poultry business, he needs
all the information he can lay his
hands on. A collection from this
source may be worth a good deal of
money to him. The young mother
of a farm family may profit by the
advice of experts on the care and
feeding of children through the use
of one of these packages, or may
learn the fundamentals of. one
nursing and household decoration.
Where it is a question of what sort
of chicken house to build, the install-

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sort of water and sewage disposal
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papers to be read before" farmer’s
organizations of various kinds, wo-
men’s clubs and parent-teacher’s as-
sociations. They may even be used
to advantage as supplementary ma-
terial in teaching agriculture and
home economics in the rural, and
consolidated schodls. Loaal leaders
of extension classes and boys and
girls clubs will find much useful ma-
terial in our collections. The rural
teacher who is interested in improv-
ing her school grounds or in furnish-
ing a hot lunch to her-pupils may
secure bulletins on these subjects.

A subject list containing over two
hundred and fifty topics on which
we have material has been prepared

and may be secured from the Refer- ,

ence Department of the Library of
,the Michigan State College in East
Lansing. This list is also printed
in full in the ”Handbook of program
suggestions. for“ granges, farmer's
clugs and other community organi-
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Extension Department of the College.
It is our aim to dispose of all ques-
tioos to the satisfaction of the in-
quirer. We answer to the call of
“Information, Please" and if a ques-
tions to the satisfaction of the in-
vince, we refer it to some other ex-
tension agency 1 nthe state so that
the person seeking information re-
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letters.~ even though his; question
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The Ten Commandments .of Well-Brod
Conversation.—1. Know what you are
going to say. and why before you say it.
' 2. Do not take withoutg‘iving. All
conversation worthy of the name is based
on the principle of fair exchange. Con-
versation is “an exchange of ideas," talk
is one-sided. Do not expect converse;-
tlonal success if you are a monopolist,
if you never give others a chance to put
in a word edge-wise. .

3. Maintain a high standard of thought
in your conversation.

4. Do not use conversation as a wea-
pon of offence, to hurt and wound. Avoid
contradiction and argument which turn
agreeable conversation into wrangling.
Do not let your appreciation of a caustic
or ironic witticism. and apt and telling
conversational fling, lead you to express
it and deeply hurt someone not so quick
or clever as yourself.

5. Do not make all you have to say a
“twice-told tale. Repetition destroys the
charm of spontanlety of anything you
may have to say. Do not use the same
phrases, same sentences, over and over
again. Do not retell your jokes and
stories. Variety is the spice of conver-
sation as well as of life.

6., Do not pretend to have knowledge
you do not possess. Be honest If you
do not know the book, the play or person
touched upon in conversation, do not pro-
tend you do. It may easily cause you
the greatest embarrassment and aside
from the fact that you may be caught in
an actual falmhood, your ignorance of
the topic will be shown in a really, im-
favorable light. If you have had frankly
admitted it, it would probably have ex-
cited no attention.

7. Always make your meaning plain in
all you have to say. Do not be content
with cultivating a well-modulated. carry-L
ing voice and pronouncing your words
clearly. Comprehension is a matter. of

* the mind as well as of the ear. '~ Under-
, stand what oth rs say and you can make

them understan What you say. ‘ .

8. Plan rather to listen well than
talk well. A good listener .1: worth any
number of good talkers, whether or not
your interest in what another is saying
is a deep one, strive to make clear that
you are interested.

9. Let truth rule imagination in all‘you
say. It is well to be vivid and colorful.
forceful a3? clever in conversation: but
never a; o expense of rob
reliability. p ability and

10. Never speak ill of- the absent in
general and, in particular. of a friend.

 

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John 14:6. '

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cause came I into the world. that I
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existence down to human understanding.
Christ revealed through Jesus the truth

nut God, man and heaven—that God
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as. much ginger as cinnamon. 'teaspoonml"

salt, rub into pumpkin. then add one cup
sugar. tv'vo large or three small eggs. Well
beaten. whole or rich milk to thin out
until like pancake batter. Usually a pint
of milk. Flour can be used instead of
all or part of eggs. Rub it in with spices. ,
Do not use corn starch. Bake with just
a lower crust. I use a potato ricer for
to sift my pumpkin, catsup or- marma-
lades. _Unripe table squash make a good
substitute for p’ie pumpkin. ‘,

Meek Dunne-Put 2 pounds of beef from
lower part of the round through the meat
chopper. Season it well 'With salt and
pepper. Flatten it 'into an oblong shape.
and spread it with potato smiling, Fbld
it together, turn it into a- baking dish.‘
place thin slices of salt pork over the
top. and bake it for from forty ’to fifty
minutes.’ In making potato' stumng use

.2 cupfuls cold mashed potatoes, 1 egg
beaten. 1 small onion. finely minced, 1
tablespoonful butter, pepper, 1 stalk ot
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Perk Sausage.—Grind the meat and
season to taste. Make into little cakes
and try until brown. but of course not
crisp as when served. When they are
reheated they will be browned to a finish.
Make a brown gravy with the 'i'ryings in
pan, and pour over them in the can.
Process, No. 2 cans or glass pints 45
minutes, 250 degrees or 15 pounds pres-
sure; No. 3 cans or glass quarts 55 min-
utes, .250 degrees or 15 pounds pressure.
Canned without gravy: No. 2 cans or
glass pints 76 minutes, 250 degrees or 15
pounds pressure; No. 3 cans or glass
quarts 90 minutes, 250 degrees or 1
pounds pressure. ‘

Cookie Becipes.—I am sending two
recipes for cookies, one dark and one
light. Use white icing on the dark ones
and chocolate icing on the light ones. .An
excellent way to make the icing is to
beat the white of an egg and stiffen with
powdered sugar for the white. adding
cocoa or grated chocolate for the dark“
With this make little faces on the cookies.
A circle with a dot for each eye, two dots
for the nose and a line for the month.
When done the cookies are called “Smiles"
and are nice for parties.

Light Oooldeo.——One cup butter, 1 cup
brown sugar. 2 eggs, 1 tablespooniul van-
illa, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 5‘
teaspoonful soda, flour. Cream butter.
add sugar and well beaten egg. Add
other ingredients, and flour enough to
make very stilt. Handle with hands as
little as possible; Roll out and cut into
round cookies and bake in very hot oven.

Dark Cookies.——One cupful brown su-
gar, ‘6 cuptul melted butter, 1,5 cupi‘ul
milk. 1 egg, 1% cuptuls flour, 5‘ teaspoon-
tul soda, 8 squares of chocolate (melted),
1 cupi‘ul chopped nuts or seeded raisins.
Mix ingredients in orded given, roll out
and cult tinto round cookies, and bake in
very o oven—Mrs. D. M... Hesperla,
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North. Children, young and old—for Christmas makes children
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4579. New Doll and Garment Outfit—Cut
in 3 Sizes for dolls: 12. 16, and 20 inches in
length. make a doll in a 16 ch sue re-
quires 5‘ yard of 38 inch material. The dress
and co. require '5‘ yard. The cap alone re-

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yard. 120.

4518. “Dunn Rab'alt" and M: New Romp-
ers.+0ut in 3 mes: Small. 12 inches; Medium,
Large 2.0 inchm in length. To
make the doll for a Memum use requires 55 yard
of material. for the Rompers '56 yard is required.

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5533. A New Dell Sea—The little doll
make dolly's' clothes but
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. es of shoe uttons nose and no of
yarn or. the ieatura may be embroidered or
painted. Dressed as A clown this doll will be very
attractive. The suit my be of calico. cretonne

Do the ts, '
11—12 inches. liedinm—lfl inches.

. elngth. Doll requires for :1 Med-
giuni also 2?; yard. Rompers '5‘ yard1 The
t and t. 1% yard of 2 inch material.
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dren, and the Girdle will lease equally w
Thus be made of plelt. or flannel. or

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Terry cloth, and ed with cork. kopak or ex-
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ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH—.
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ADD 10o For FALL AND WINTER
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I: lay me down to sleep
that Jews cared for me.

as I grew older

. I. knelt beside my bed,
OM aims knelt beside me
-_...her hand upon my ‘11

“Me taught me to be manly
1‘s.» honest, kind and true,
And!» do ,unto others

”AI they should do to you.

n, when about to stumble

j ,, life's pitfalls by the way,,
it!“ then I thought of Mother
And how she used to pray.

As she knelt down beside me

«By that little trundle bed

And taught me now I lay me
«With her hand upon my head.

.Hany years have come and gone.
That dear mother's passed away,
‘Years' have brought many sorrows,
My hair is turning Gray.

. But it's stamped upon my memory
“ When I knelt beside my bed,

And my mother knelt beside me

' With her hand upon my head.

SERVING TRAY
HE serving tray is a strength and
time saver, The tray saves
many trips between the dining
room and kitchen, both in serving
and in clearing away meals, especial—
‘ ly in a large household where many
dishes must be handled. The top
and shelf spaces are sufficient to re~
move all dishes to or from the table
in one trip. It saves steps in serv-
ing refreshments at social occasions.
It is invaluable to use as a bedside
tray in the sick room. The tray
.when made well is attractive as well
' as useful and may serve as a read—

ing table or flower stand.
The upper part of the serving tray
.is box shaped, 16 inches wide and 26
inches long. This is supported by
‘four legs 1% by 1% inches which
lmeasure 31 inches from the floor to
the top of the tray. The top of the
tray or lid of the china compartment
'is edged by a 1% inch molding.
‘ The china compartment is 4 1,4, inches
deep and is painted white within.
.011 the sides of this compartment
are little screw hooks on which cups
may be hung. There is space in the
compartment for serving dishes for

 

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Below this serving compartment is
a drawer 2 inches deep, which is
divided into two parts. One side is
used for linen and one side for silver.
The side used for silver is lined with
dark-colored or outing flannel.
. ‘In the space below the drawer a
“ large undershelf is placed. The
serving tray is put on noisless sw1vel
lcastors. thus allowing the table to
- turn completely around, which is a
great convenience. Instead of cas-
tors, small swivel wheels or the
small wheels of a baby carriage or
_ toy wagon may be used. A tray
“made by the dimensions given above
“his a convenient size and one that
will go through doorways without
.danger of bumping.

TIME SAVERS IN SEWING

' RESSING wrinkled material or
P patterns with a hot flat iron be-
. fore working with them will
‘save time in sewing. A pressed pat-
tern will lie flat on the material and
be easier to follow when cutting the
'goods. Basting pays for it prevents
”mistakes. A time saver in basting
straight seams in material that does
" not slide is to use pine placed at
right angles to the seam. These can
“be removed easily as one stitches on
the sewing machine. Well pressed
Hams are more easily sewed. Mak-
ing French hems is simplified by
pressing before stitching the second
time.

FINISHING A SPARE ROOM
IAWA'NT to tell the sisters and. read-

 

 

ers of the Women's Page about
my new room. In the house
which we recently bought there was
unfinished room. I needed this
om. It is a bedroom but as money
scarce I racked my brain in try-
:to think of some way to get it
ed. It last my husband's
or said. “Why don’t you get
‘largepasteboard boxes at the
and nail right on to the stud-

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 
 
 
      
 
     

  

  

    
 

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our health—surely it

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DEABFOLKS:—Jl‘hislsthetimooftheyearwhen“An ounceofpre- "
vention is worth “a pound of cure," from a health standpoint at
least. Nature always sounds her note of Warning but. many times
it passes unhoededyuntil we are startled by the doctor’s diagnosis-—
”—“pluprisy?‘...._.“tuberculosisi"‘ Many times these serious W
conditions can be avoided if the children are taught early in life to
recognize the warnings which Nature gives to us. , -
It is very important that.- tho feel: he kept warm and dry; avoid
sitting in a draught before 'open windows or doors, but exercise in the
open‘air. properly dressed, is always necessary. Plenty of sleep, which
_ like the fre'shai‘r, costs nothing. is a wonderful health insurance. It
is when our bodies are tired that disease germs “break through the .
line" and get in their deadly work. '
Oftentimes if a gargle is used perdstently when the throat first be-
gins to smart and feel dry, a severe attack of tonsilitis may be avoided.
Plenty of, milk and good water with nourishing food complete the

The happiness of the individual and the entire family depends upon

Address mun: Mn. Annie Taylor. ears The Business Former. Mt. Clemens. llemgan,

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blankets.

am gain: to ‘telllyou' com

as'his wife was sick and when he saw
how my little girl was suffering he told
me to get four or five ears of corn shelled

and put in a half bucket of boiling water

and let it boil '9. while and then cool down
so she could-hold her fast in it for’a half
hour and then put her to bed.‘ The next
morning she was purple from head. to

foot. I think every, mother should re-’

member this—Mrs. R, Allegan. Mich. ~
—I am inclined to think that the con-
tinued applications of heat did the trick.
regardless of how it was applied; how-
ever, I remember seeing my grandmother
sweat one of her grown sons. when he
had the measles." by sweating, him in a
rocking chair by the fire, carefully wrap-
ped in a comfort. and packing the ears
of hot corn all about him. After the
sweat was well started the heat was
gradually reduced'when the patient was
placed in a warm bed. I was born on
the prairies of Kansas. in a sod house.
ten miles from town or the nearest doo-
tor and a lumber wagon our only con—
veyance; needless to say, both of my
grandmothers were very good “doctors"
though they held“ no diploma. '

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them up anyway. Next I went to
the hardware and purchased some
short roofing nails. They are best
as they have such large heads. I
came home and went to work nail-
ing the boxes on. I had to wait
several weeks before I got enough
boxes to cover the entire room as
our town is small and the boxes
didn’t accumulate so very fast, but
as soon as I would get some I would
nail them on. Then I took some old
window shades I had and tore them
into strips and pasted them over the
cracks. Cloth would answer just as
well. Next I papered it with news-
papers, then wall paper, and with a
pint of paint for the wood work. I
now have a nice bedroom at very
little outlay of money, just the nails,
wall paper and paint. This will very
as to the size of the room and the
price paid for~wall paper. Of course,
it was lots of work but I did it all
myself at odd times so really I feel
well repaid for my work and the
little it cost anyone could afford.
Hope this will help someone else
who has an unfinished room. How
many know what nice comforts one
can make out of sugar and flour
sacks? You can get the sugar sacks
at your grocer by the dozen v ry
cheap and the flour sacks you can
get at the bakery for a little more
than what the sacks cost but the
flour sacks are heavier so it all de-
pends on what weight you prefer.

Next I wash them and then dye them
some pretty shade. Then be sure
they are square 'or even at least,
press and sew together, put in your
batten and tie with either sansilk
or some pretty yarn. Two colors
makes it prettier and there you have
a nice comfort for cold winter nights
which are not very far off now. Will
stop now hoping these hints will
help someone. These sacks make
nice baby quilts also.—Mrs. R. P.,
Newaygo County. ‘

 

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Another Hymn Wanted.—I ,would like
to ask if anyone could tell me where I
could get a hymn with theSe words,
“Scribes came and Pharisees, eager to see
what the poor Nazarene's verdict would
be." The hymn is taken from John 8:3-
11. I have forgotten the name of the
piece but it speaks of_ Jesus writing on
the ground with his finger, also the words
in the 11th verse. I lmew this years ago
but cannot remember the name of. the
book in which it was. Hope someone
can help me out—Mrs. E. A. 8., Mania-
tee County. "

 

Anyone Have This Becipe?—Will you
please ask through Our Page for a recipe
for making chestnut dressing for fowls?
—-Mrs. A... Macomb County. ’

 

Heat Brought Out Measles.——My baby
has been very low with the measles.
One doctor examined her lungs in front

M. S. C. Package Loan Library.

OR several years the Reference
Department of' the Library of
the Michigan State College has

maintained a package loan library
system for the benefit of those peo—
ple in the state who are interested
in agriculture, home—making and
country life. A package library is
a collection of bulletins, pamphlets
and” clippings on a given subject and
it is loaned to the borrower free of
cost though he is‘expected to pay the
postage both ways.

These package collections prove
valuable for many purposes. If a
farmer is starting out to raise a new
crop or set out any orchard or go
into the poultry business, he needs
all the information he can lay his
hands on. A collection from this
source may be worth a good deal of
money to him. The young mother
of a farm family may profit by the
advice of experts on the care and
feeding of children through the use
of one of these packages, or may
learn the fundamentals of. home
nursing and household decoration.
Where it is a question of what sort
of chicken house to build, the install-

ation o.‘ an electric plantlor the best;

sort of water and sewage disposal

system for _the farm home, our col-

lection will also give practical advice

and directions. ‘

These packages may'also be very
With , ,

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papers to be read before“ farmer’s
organizations of various kinds, wo-
men’s clubs and parent-teacher’s as—
sociations. They may even be used
to advantage as supplementary ma-
terial in teaching agriculture and
home economics in the rural, and
consolidated schodls. Local leaders
of extension classes and boys and
girls clubs will find much useful ma—
terial in our collections. The rural
teacher who is interested in improv-
ing her school grounds or in furnish-
ing a hot lunch to herpupils may
secure bulletins on these subjects.

A subject list containing over two
hundred and fifty topics on which

we have material has been prepared
and may be secured from the Refer- ,

ence Department of the Library of
_the Michigan State College in East
Lansing. This list is also printed
in full in the “Handbook of program
suggestions. for' granges, farmer's
clugs and other community organi-
zations" a recent publication of the
Extension Department of the College.
It is our aim to dispose of all ques-
tioos to the satisfaction of the in-
quirer. We answer to the call of
“Information, Please" and'if a ques-

tions to the satisfaction of the in-

vince, we refer it to some other ex-
tension agency 1 nthe state so that

the person seeking information re-

ceives it ‘without having to Jwrite two
letters. even though his." question

, -1?" not be onewe. werfiwith

The Ten Commandmentsof Well-Bred
Conversationr—l. Know what you are
going to say. and why before you say it.
‘ . Do not take without giving. All
conversation worthy of the name is based
on the principle of fair exchange. Con-
versation is “an exchange of ideas,” talk
is one-sided. Do not expect conversar
tional success if you are a monopolist,
if you never give others a chance to put
in a word edge-wise. ‘

3. Maintain a high standard of thought
in your conversation.

4. Do not use conversation as a wea-
pen of offence, to hurt and wound. Avoid
contradiction and argument which turn
agreeable conversation into wrangling.
Do not let your appreciation of a caustic
or ironic witticism. and apt and telling
conversational fling, lead you to express
it and deeply hurt someone not so quick
or clever as yourself.

5. Do not make all you have to say a
“twice-told tale. Repetition destroys the
charm of spontaniety of anything you
may have to say. Do not use the same
phrases, same sentences, over and over
again. Do not retell your jokes and
stories. Variety is the spice of conver-
sation as Well as of life.

6., Do not pretend to have knowledge
you do not possess. Behonest. If you
do not know the book, the play or person
touched upon in conversation, do not pre-
tend you do. It may easily cause you

the greatest embarrassment and aside ,

from the fact that you may be caught in
an actual falsehood. your ignorance of
the topic will be shown in a really un-
favorable light. If you have had frankly
admitted it, it would probably have ex-
cited no attention.

7. Always make your meaning plain in
all you have to say. Do not be content
with cultivating a well-modulated, carry-
ing voice and pronouncing your words
clearly. Comprehension is a matter of
the mind as well as of the ear. 'Undexs

, stand what oth rs. say and you can make

them understan what you say. - .

8. Plan rather to listen well than
talk well. A good listener is worth any
number of good talkers, whether or not
your interest in what another is saying
is a deep one, strive to make clear that
you are interested.

9. Let truth rule imagination in all you
say. It is well to be vivid and colorful.
forceful and clever in conversation; but
never a; the expense of probability and
reliability.

10. Never speak ill of the absent in
general and, in particular, of a friend.

 

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I am the way, the truth, and the liter—
John 14:6. v

To this end was I born and for this
cause came I into the world, that 1
gang? bear witness unto the truth—John

Jesus brought the facts of spiritual
existence down to human understanding.
Christ revealed through Jesus the truth

nut God, man and heaven—that God
' as universal goodness, that man was in-
separably connected with his Father God.
and that heaVen here upon earth was a
condition which resulted from knowing
and acknowledging the -truths that He
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‘Pumphin Pie.—0ne quart sifted pump-
kin. one _ rounding teaspoom'ul of cinna-

mun” half as much cloves, one-fourth -V
‘ as much ginger as cinnamon. teaspoonrul‘

salt. rub into pumpkin, then add one cup
sugar. two large or three small eggs. well

beaten, whole or rich milk to thin out,

‘until like pancake batter. Usually a pint
of milk. Flour can be used instead of
all or part of eggs. Rub itin _with spices.

Do not use corn starch. Bake with just ’

a lower crust. I use a potato ricer for
to sift my pumpkin, catsup or- marmsp
lades. Unripe table squash make a good
substitute for pie pumpkin. ‘

Meek Duck._—-Put 2 pounds of beef from
lower part of the round through the meat
chopper. Season it well 'with salt and
pepper. Flatten it'into an oblong shape,
and spread it with potato stufiing, Fbld

it together, turn it into a- baking dish,‘

place thin slices of salt pork over the
top. and bake it for from forty ’to fifty
minutes.’ In making potato stuffing use

2 oupfuls cold mashed potatoes, 1 egg
beaten. 1 small onion, finely minced, 1
tablespoonful butter, pepper. 1 stalk of
celeryHflnely'rninced or 36 teaspbon celery
salt, 1 teaspoontui' salt.

Perk Sausage.—-Grlnd the meat and
season to taste. Make into little cakes
and fry until brown. but of course not
crisp as when served. When they are
reheated they will be browned to a finish.
Make a brown gravy with the fryings in
pan, and pour over them in the can.
Process, No.2 cans or glass pints 45
minutes, 250 degrees or 15 pounds pres-
sure; No. 3 cans or glass quarts 55 min-
utes, 250 degrees or 15 pounds pressure.
Canned without gravy: No. 2 cans or
glass’pints 75 minutes, 250 degrees or 15
pounds pressure; No.3 cans or glass
quarts 90 minutes, 250 degrees or 15
pounds pressure.

Cookie Becipes.——I am .sending two
recipes for cookies, one dark and one
light. Use white icing on the dark ones
and chocolate icing on the light ones. -An
excellent way to make the icing is to
beat the white of an egg and stiflen with
powdered sugar for the white, adding
cocoa or grated chocolate for the dark._
With this make little faces on the cookies.
A circle with a dot for each eye, two dots
for the nose and a line for the mouth.
When done the cookies are called “Smiles”
and are nice for parties.

Light Cookies.—0ne cup butter, 1 cup
brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoonlul van-
illa, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1’5
teaspoonful soda, flour. Cream butter,
add sugar and well beaten egg. Add
other ingredients, and flour enough to
make very stifl. Handle with hands as
little as possible; Roll out and cut into
round cookies and bake in very hot oven.

Dark Oookies.—One cupful brown su-
gar. $6 cupfnl melted butter, 1,5 cupi'ul
milk, 1 egg. 1% cupfuls flour, 3‘ teaspoon-
ful soda,2 squares of chocolate (melted).
1 cupful chopped nuts or seeded raisins.
Mix ingredients in orded given, roll out
and all}: tinto rp-unid‘roookies. and bake in
very o oven. 3. D. M. Hesperia,
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The Farmer’s Dollar

—and his Taxes

Rising taxes, regardless of the purpose for
which levied, are one of the chief items [in
the vicious circle of rising costs to the
average citizen.
About 20% of county, town and city taxes,
and about 10% of state taxes are required
to pay the interest and sinking fund charges
~ on public debts.

Thus funds borrowed today to be paid back
in years to come are, in effect, a mortgage
on the future income of agriculture and
industry.

One of the surest ways of increasing the
purchasing power of the dollar-of the farm-
er and. the average citizen lies in the restric-
tion of the expenditure of public monies
to necessary public improvements only.

NewYork Central Lines

Boston & Albany—Michigan Central—Big Four—Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
and the New York Central and Subsidiary Lines
Agricultural Relations Department Ofiices

New York Central Station, Rochester, N. Y. ‘
La Salle St. Station, Chicago, 111. Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich.
466 Lexington Ave, New York, N. Y. 68 East Gay St., Columbus, Ohio

 
   
 

 
 

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Better Prices .
for Your Butter

“Dandelion Butter Color” gives that
Golden June Shade which '
Brings Top Prices "

Beflore churning add
onehalt teaspoontul to
each gallon of .cream
and out of your churn
comes butter of Golden
June shade. “Dandelion
Butter Color" is purely
vegetable, harmless, and
meets all State and Na-
tional food laws. Used
for years by all large
creameries. Doesn’t color
buttermilk. Absolutely
tasteless. Large bottles [
cost only 35 cents. at
drug or grocery stores. Write for FREE
SAMPLE BOTTLE. Wells & Richard-
, son 00., Inc.;' Burlington, Vermont.

.Wmls
outfiefiatliwom sfielf

, {ears ego the old-fashioned
mustard plus ter was the favor-
ite remedy for rheumatism,
lumbago, colds on the chest
and sore throat.

ltdid the work, but was sticky and
messy end burned and hlistered. s
Musterole has taken the place of the 0
suntan! plaster. '

1:. Bob on this soothing ointment at the
first cough or s'nifle. st rheumatism’ s
-first warning tingle.

‘ Made sum pure oil of mustard. with
the blister and sting taken out, Mus-

, . terole penetrates the skin and gees to
the seat of trouble.

' To Mothers-.- Mnsterole' 1s also made

inmilderform for-babies and small chil-

siren. Ask for Children’ s Musterole.
The Musterole 00., Cleveland, Ohio
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BE COMFORTABLE -——

Wear the Brooks Appliance, the
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EAR girls a'nd 410373: My! My!
What a
ceived our contest which

closed November 20th. The judges

are new hard at work trying to de-
termine which are the best, and or-
dinarily I would begin a new contest

in this issue but I have three rear

sons for not doing so. One is that
we are just recovering from the ef-
fects of Thanksgiving (1 know I am
and I think you are too) with all
its company and lots of good things
to eat. Second, you are going to be
very busy from now until Christmas
vacation getting your school werk in
proper shape. Third, every spare

moment you have will be given over...
to making plans on what you are

going to give your relatives and
friends for Christmas, also thinking
of what you want them to give you.
So we will put off our next contest
for a couple of issues." Don't you
think that a good idea?

I want to make a suggestion about
how to make your Christmas an un-
usually happy one. Our Lord said,
“It is more blessed to give than to
receive.’.’ I think anyone of us get
more enjoyment out of seeing some-
one else made happy with a gift
than we do when we receive one our-
Every neighborhood has its
poor family with many children who
receive little or nothing at Christmas
time. Think how happy you could
make those children with some of
your old toys which you no longer
play with because you are tired of
them. They would be new to the
children even though they are old
to you] Perhaps some of them are
broken, but you could 111 many of
them with a few nails or some glue
so they would .be just as good as
new.- See how many .poor children
you can make happy this year.—
UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Dear Uncle Ned:—-I received my pin
and I thank you as many times as Henry
Ford has pennies for it. My sister and I
received ours the same day while a class-
mate didn’t get hers until three days
later. I was so- glad I got my button
that I talked about it the whole day. I
ran over to our nelghbors and asked how
did they like it and so forth. When night
came my mother mid she hoped I was
through talking about my button and

 

 

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MEET Mn. SNOWMAN
The pole gentleman with the white suit,
on whom Ruby Minard, age 15, of R. 4,
Sandusky, leans very lovingly, is Mr.

Snowman. Ruby tells us that he visited

them last winter, 'when this picture was

taken, and they are expectan him again

this winter. Perhaps some of the rest
of you already know him.

start my work the way I ought to the
next day. I wear the button on the oc-
casion when I’m sure I won’t lose it.
I wear ie every day to school and on Sun-
da . - »

llrliy sister and I write codes. That is
a secret' way of writing. We make a key,
not like one which they look doors with
or a key on a uiano but a sentence con-
taining thirteen letters of which one letter
is not used more than once in the whole
sentence. Then we make up anything we
want to write and nobody else can read
it. \

It won’t be yery long before skating
time comes will it? Last year the girls

_‘.in our neighborhood tried- ts tour: a. club
,, but :1: SW earns we lust ӣ92: :

us lot 61! stories we re»:‘,..

L blue, I have to wear glasses.

thanks mus sum. 1 mm

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Helen? Well. that is fine. no doubt

mgflbfilmmwberedse near-

Well. rail-um new ma '
sunny
yournieoe.—-HeleuWay&o, Mitten;

real well.

union tor tam xirla;.l suggest you"

Inquire.

 

Dear Uncle Nah—"R at firstyou don’t

succeed, try. u'y again". It this letter
doesn’t goth print I won't believe the
old saying time s. eham!’

"mm
Well,1wlll describe mu. I have
dark brown

 

ESSAY CONTEST WINNER

Dorothy Scott, of Wolverine, won the
es'say contest held In connection with the
Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show at Gaylord
on the 8rd, 4th and 6th of last month.

My eyes are a combination of gray and
I am five
feet four inches in height. I am fourteen
years old and in the eighth grade. I have
one " sister seventeen years old and one
brother five years old. For pets ave have
a cat and four kittens. My cat's name
is Beduty. She is a. calico eat. We have
two (loves and nineteen chickens.

I made up two poems a few days ago,
the names of them are “Sunset" and “The
Brook". If I see this letter in print I will
send them to you to print on the Chil-
dren's page.

I have not received any of the buttons
but I would like to own one. Well,
will close hoping Mr. Waste Basket has
gone on a nice long visit so this letter
will see print, I am your want-to-be niece.
-—Dora Yongs, Sears, Michigan, Age 14.

-—“Third time a charm" is right, and now
where are those poems?

 

JOKES FROM GIRLS AND BOYS

It was little Mary’s first visit to, the
country. She was staying with her
grandma andhad been very much inter-
ested in watchingthe flowers. One day
she saw 3. peacock; she watched it for a
moment and then cried, “Oh, grandma.
come and see! One of your chickens is
in bloom. "—Eleanor M. McCabe, Age 11,
Blanchard, Michigan.

 

What part of an automobile causes the
most saccidents?
The nut that holds the steering
wheei.——Robert Royal Rhoads, age 10,
Wheeler, Michigan. 5 - ' ‘

 

In his eyes _was a. look of determin-
a/tlon; his breath was coming in short
gasps; she had eluded him, but now his

~hour had come and his purpose was not

to be thwarthed again. He rushed and
threw his arms about ,her neck, half
dragging, half kicking, half carrying her
to the parson's. Heklcked vigorously up-
on the door and when the parson came
he demanded, “Do you'tie knots?" ‘

“Why yes," said the person.

“Then tie a good hard one on this
heifer calf of yours; she’s about ruined
my garden. ——Mildr_en Halsey age, 17,
Charlotte, Mich.

 

Ari Original Joke

One day a. triend of mine went into a.
store and asked to use the telephone
The consent given. she stepped up and
started tuning the crank to the pencil
sharpener. not noticing her mistake until
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MW seem good farthest al'
, Potatoes from the farmers go to 7
58m

markets hrgely. get as
munflme. 01qu
prices my a little use!“ b quilts.
Apples sell well W the crop was
mam. Good caesium: $1.60 per 9‘1
duality varies- and prices also. Cora fed.
der was WW” wet weather.
Quotations“ Imam: ‘%fl; note We
bu.; oats. ”(mimt $1.35 be: po-
tatoes; ”1.9 we: eggs. 55c (on; butter,
‘50 lbw—Hrs. Imice Howard. 11—23-26.
‘nglfilr-Qums’ at 3031:: Wheat,
$1.31 bai: oats. 50c bu.; rye, 18¢ bu.;
beans, $4.60 cwt.; butter, 48c 1b.; eggs,
42c dost—John DeCou. 11-24-26.

Mental-hubr-hm of com yet

‘ ‘to be bodied. -Neorht all of the apples

and potatoes Wastedb’efore the freeze.
Lotsof auctions and everything but cows
_ going cheap. They bring from $80.00 to
There is lotsof road Work
being ‘done as it has. been so wet the
farmers are behind- Quotations at-Lan-
sing: Turkeys,- 40c; ducks, 25oz; geese,
20c; corn, 80c bu.; oats, 37c bu.; wheat,
$1.20 bu.; "béanaf $4.75 cwt. ; ' eggs, 50c
'dom; butter; 48c lb.——Bruce B. Douglas,
11-93-26.
. Saginaw (NW).——Farm work is at a
_ stand still, ground all froze. A few are
hauling beets, but roads not stone or
gravel, are too bad to drive on. Beans
. about all thrashed. The yield here was
about 2.0 bushels to the acre, colored bad.
, Some not fit to sell. Outlook poor for
farmers if grain prices do not rise. Not
many auction sales. No farms. changing
' hands. Not much grain going to market.
‘ Quotations at" Hemieck: Corn, 50c bu.;
‘ oats, 38c bu.; rye, 600 bu.; wheat, $1.15
bu.; beans,’ 34.75 wt; potatoes, $2.20
‘- cwt.: eggs, 52c don; butter, 49c lb.—F.
Dungey, 11-22-28. ‘\
Wexford.——Weather and roads better
than week. ago but roads very rough of!
the trunk lines. Not much snow. Farm-
ers hauling wood. getting in fodder, fix-
mg up buildings for winter. Quotations
at Cadillac: Wheat, $1.15 bu.; corn, 85c
bu.; oats, 46c bu.; rye, 78c bu.; beans,
$4.50 ewt.: potatoes, $1.80 cwt.; butter,
44c 1b.; eggs, 36c don—E. H. 1)., 11-22-26.

Montcalm.——Some early winter. Most
corn is in the field, too green and wet to
husk. Lots of fall plowing. being done.
-—-Clayton,'rowne, 11-21-26.

St. Joseph.——Corn shucking is progress-
ing, but quite slowly, due to the unreason-
reasonable Weather. Quite a few are
finishing up with the help of the shred-
der. Fall grain looks very good; Some
fall plowinng being done, as king winter
in approaching. It is reminding the
farmer of getting. another year’s, supply
of wood on .~hand.——-Aivin J. Yoder,
26.26. .

Tuseola (W).——Thanksgiving time this
year finds the farmers'with a considerable
amount of sugar beets, beans and corn
still unharvested. Not much fall plowing
done as yet. .Cprn bushing delayed on ac-
count of '- too much rain. Quotations at
Vassar: Hay, $13.00 ton; corn 60c bu.;

' oats 37c.bu.; rye, 69c bu.; wheat, $1.15

bu.; beans, $4.80 cwt.; potatoes, $1.25
bu.; eggs, 55c'doz.:*butter, 50c ib.-——-J. 'I‘.,

11-24-26. "

Huron (ml—Ground white but not
froze much. Can’t go on fields. Ditches
am. of water. Beans abandoned. Con-
sider crop estimate too high. Some ‘old

' seed beans bid in at sale at $6.00. At
some sale on a 260 acre farm ewes
brought $14.76, lambs $12.00, culls $6.75
per head, Oxford type. A team bid in
at $65.00. Bay is now at $7.00 grassy.
Oatsinbin, “ought. Fannistebelet
on shares by fields. Several more sales
billed. Cows not as high. Fence posts
sell good cut from old rails. The use of
the 4x4 connets anchor posts set on the
top of ground increasing the. light steel
post used alternately cone. Partners re-
newing notes generally with higher in-
terest rates. Quotations at End Axe:
Milk (not) $1.75 per curt. 3.1 test.
Hauling 26c ch—E. 3.. 11—25-28.

8t. Josepha—Cold stormy weather pre-
vented eutting and hooking corn. Shred—
ders have made good on that account.
Much of the corn beaten down by heavy
storms making it mm to handle. Big
potato crops all around here. Good
money in that business for farmers sell:
ing. Fall plowing rather backward but
alfalfa. and rye coming good now.——C. 11.,
1147-30.. _
Lake (N).—-Mostoftheiieldworkdone.
Farmers making, wood. Not much going
to market. (he enticed ed Potatoes be-
t: W. Cream and eggs are

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Saginaw (SE).—Fanners busy husking
corn and threshing beans. Ground- has
been. frozen for about a. week. Heavy
rains on the night of the .2511: still rain-
ing today. Ground will be too wet for
~plowing. Quotations at Birch Run: Hay,
$13.00 ton; corn, 80c bu.;‘oats, 40c bu.;
rye, 70c bu.; wheat, $1.16 bu.; beans,

$4.70 cwt. ; potatoes, $1.25 cwt. ; eggs,
520 doz. ; butter, 45c lb.-——E. M. C.,
11-26—26.

ASMILE OR TWO

 

\ Reg’lar Minin’ Business

“I think you said, 'Rastus, that you
had a brother in the mining busineSS in
the West?"

“Yes, sah, dat’s right.”

“What kind of mining—gold mining,
silver mining, copper mining?"

”No, sah, none 0’ dose; kalsomining.”

 

No Cause for Worry

A well known actor tells of standing
in the lobby of the Winter Garden in New
York and seeing two men, evidently busi—
ness partners, take their places in the
line that was wendlng its way toward the
ticket window for the evening perform-
ance.

Suddenly one of the men seemed to re—
member something. He clapped one hand
to his forehead, gasped, and in constern—
ation said to his partner:

”Abe I forgot to lock the safe!"

“Huh!" said the other. "Why worry
about the safe ain’t locked? We’re both
here, ain't we?"

 

Strong Imagination
Marchman—“Can .you imagine any—
thing worse than having cooties?" .
Blount—"Yes, suppose you had them
and they chirped?”

Courtesy vs. Tact

A colored bell hop of a certain hotel ‘

was teaching another the tricks of the
profession, and emphasized among other
things the necessity for courtesy and tact.

"Cortsy and tak, you all say. What
am de difference of dem two wurds?”
asked the student B. H.

"There am .considerable difference,
nigger. The other mornin’ Ah opens a
door what proves to be a bathroom and
in. de tub was a lady. I shut dat door
instantaneous and then said, ‘Excuse me,
sahi' Now ‘Excuse me' was cortsy, but
i‘ncludin’ hat ‘sah' was tak!"

' Single Holiness
Tim: "How are you getting along at

home while your wife's away?"

Jim; “Fine. I’ve reached the height of
efficiency. I can put on my socks now
from either end."

A Crowd Coming

Mrs. Cohen was very popular. Cohen
was blindly in love but jealous enough to
find cause to write to young Isaac Levy
as follows: '

"Dear Levy: You Have been making
love to my wife. Meet me in my office,
2 p. m., Jan. 31. Cohe ."

Levy replied:

"Dear Cohen: Your circular letter re-
ceived. I will be at the meeting you have
called. Levy.”

SOMETHING FOR THE KIDDIES

Is there. a youngster living, boy or girl.
who does not enjoy coloring pictures either
with water colors or crayons? We doubt
it and believe that every farm youngster
would like acopy of the painting book
d in the advertisement of the
Northwatem .Consolidated Milling 00.,
Minneapolis, Minn, appearing in this is-
sue. Ion do not even «have to worry

about,»ng water colors as th‘ 4 ’
‘1 , dad . see are

,2 nice Chem
136. clip the con”,

with the book. It would make
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825 to $100 per year.

trifugal separator 48 years ago.
improvement in 25 years.

. going through the bowl, and lasts longer.

see and nor the. New.

De Lava

TRADE- in your old‘Sepai-a‘tor » .

TWkaqoesfioowhefierox-notmm
gstlngeliflleereunfromyourmmr. You
cumitasllyandwitiwutcost. M
yourDestalAmttobringoutansteIavd
\Separator and run your skim-milk through it.
The new De Laval shims so clean that it will
recover any butter-fat you luvs been losing.
Then you can tell exactly whether you are
losing or making money from your separator.
Yumybematthemre-
covered. Buodredshavetrledthlsplan
ondhavefomd they wmloslngtrom

The new De Laval is the best separator ever “$81088
made, since Dr. De Laval invented the first cen-
It has the won- 4*
derful “floating bowl”—the greatest separator
It is guaranteed
toskim cleaner. It also runs easierwithmilk

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bunches or swelling‘s. No

blister, no hair-gone, and horse

. 2 keptat work. Itiseeonomieol.

' Atdruggismortaliopostpaid
Horse book 3-8 free.

A thankful user says: “Complete

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We hereby offer ‘a reward of $50.00 for the evidence leading to the arrest and
conviction of any person guilty of stealing chickens. turkeys, ducks, geese or
guinea fouls which are the sole propel t3, of any paid-up subscriber to THE
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER who is a member of THE MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMER Service and R‘otective Bureau at the time of the robbery.

 

If your poultry house is robbed report im mediatcly to your sheriff, ask him to tel.-
graph the State Police, and write us full particulars. »

W The Michigan Business Farmer

‘ we fi‘rnishhgnr snbsgibeg‘rflh the“ above sign,
prints on avy our our or post g on their chicken coops or other form but
Send hatwenty-five eats for 2 cards, or fifty cents for 6 cards. , .

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generations of farmers have known
the famous old “GLOBE” trade—
mark as a sure quality sign on

Galvanized Roofing, Siding,
Eaves Trough, Conductor Pipe, ~
Ridge Roll, Culverts

You are safe when you buy
“GLOBE” Brand. Every farmer
should have our catalog. Send for
it today.

THE GLOBE IRON ROOFING

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into high-priced pork?

will reimburse the dealer.)

 

Is it not worth while to add Dr. Hess Improved StocE
Ironic to the feed and get two or more extra pounds 03
Earl: from every bushel of corn '1’]

M r. Hog Raiser, we make you th's‘ offefi,
Co to the dealer and get enough of Dr. Hess Improved]
Stock Tonic to last your hogs 30 days.
bf Tonic for every 20 hogs.
Hoes not give you more pork for each bushel of corn you
feed, keep your hogs free from worms and in condition‘
330 thrive, return the empty container to the dealer anti
he will refund your money or cancel the charge. m6

figs): 25 lbs. $3. 00; 100 lbs. $10. 00; 500 lbs. at 9K§E
1000 lbs. at 9c. Ton lots at 836:: a pounds
Except in the Far ,West‘ and Canada

Dr. Hess &'Clark, lnc., Ashland, Ohio

Dr. Hess Stock Tonic

Improved .

em a house-cleans
onic.

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VISIT CLEVELAND

—— and the —

isscoND ANNUAL JUNIOR

[IVESHJBK SHOW

December 6, ‘7, 8, 9

f -—In the—

 
     
      

Great Public Auditorium

250 Be s’ and Girls' Steers from
Ohio, ndlanag and Michigan.

Hog calling contest—Judging contests-«Big:R Auc-
_ tion Sale—“Inst year 's champion set World ecord
price of $3. 05 per pound. Come and see what
this year’s Champ ion brings. Meat cutting and
preparation demonstrations~noted speakers.

Reduced Railroad Rates

Get a certificate from your ticket agent.

REMEMBER THE DATES
—end come to—

“,TI-IE GREAT EASTERN
LIVESTOCK SHOW”

December 6, 7, 8, 9

central States Livestock Association, Cleveland
Union Stock Yards, Cleveland, Ohio.

 

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TO AID IN KEEPING

Kills Lice, Mites and Fleas.
l-‘or Scratches, Wounds and
common skin troubles.

 

THE FOLLOWING BOOKLETS ARE FREE:
No. 151—I’ARM SANITATION. Describes and tells
how to prevent diseases common to livestock.

No. 157—006 BOOKLET. Tells how to rid the do:
of fleas and to help prevent disease.

No.16H06 BOOKLET. Covers the prevention 0!
common hog disasés.

No. 18 S—IIOG WALLOWS. Gives complete direc-
tions for the construction of a concrete hog wallow.

No. lei—POULTRY. How to get rid of lies and
mites. and to prevent disease.

Ilrsso Dip No. 1 In Origins! Peck-us forSlIs
etAliDrug St.orss

ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF

Parke, Davis 8; Co.

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MANY memeAN ENTRIES, IN

”to the bustle-“lei" corn;

' DR. H. B.’ ROPP, an Ohio veterinarian, too‘IE a bunch ofl . 1 ‘
,wormy, unthrifty sheets and gave ‘
. Eng with Dr. Hess Improved Stock. _ ,
He fed them 55 bushels of corn (including a cord-
Equivalent of middlings) and produced a gain of 668'
’pounds 1n six weeks—over IZ pounds gain for every}
The Tonic cost him $2. IO—the corn
cost'him file a bushel, the hogs sold for I lo a pound,
the 668 lbs. gained brought him $I .33 for every bushel
’Qf corn they consumed—a net profit of I 18%.,

Is it not‘ worth while to turn your low-priced feed

JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW
ICHIGAN Will be well represent-
ed in the exhibits at Clev ’-
~ . land’s Second Annual Juni r
Livestock Show, to be held at
Great Public Auditorium, Clevela (1,
Ohio, December 6 to 9, according to

  
  

.General Manager A. Z. Baker. Th 9

Ohio Indiana and Michigan. On t‘h
program is a hog calling contest
judging contests an
sale.

The opening day, ay, is to be

jjudging day with exhibitors. and

school boys from greater Cleveland
participating. Judging will start in
the afternoon but most of it will be
dOne that evening. Prof. Killdee of
Iowa State College will be in charge.

Tuesday is sale day. During the
~day animals will be weighed and the
placing
finished. .Then the auction begins
at 7: 30 in the evening and continues
until all is scld. Last year the grand
champion, owned by Raymond Lef-
fert, of Clarkskill, Indiana, sold for
$3.05 per pound and oflicials' are
hoping that this world’s record will
”be broken this year. Fred Reppe‘rt,
the auctioneer, has promised to out-
shine any previous efforts he has
made and Cleveland packers plan to
start bidding at a dollar a pound in-
stead of 25 cents which was last
year’s opening bid. Just prior to
the auction a. band conéert is sched-
uled.

The retail meat dealers of Cleve-
land, through their association, will
take charge of the program on Wed-
nesday, and there Will be meat cut-
ting and cooking demonstrations
under the auspices of the National
Livestock and Meat Board.

Meat cutting and cooking demon-
strations will be continued through-
out ‘Thursday, particularly for the
benefit of the housewives of Cleve-
land. The show will close with a. big
entertainment, probably a dance in
the auditorium. A band will play
every evening, while in the,after-
noon music will be furnished by a.
well known Cleveland organist at
the console of the $100,000 auditor-
ium organ.

Arrangements have been made
with the railroads so that any one

 
 
 

: of the tail enders will be’

 

going to the show can get a cfrtiii-

cats from his local agent ent fling

him to a return trip at hilt tare.
h————————'.——

GETTING “A AINTED’WITH
' THE (SQAUNBORNS

is human nature, particularly on i

the farm, to be interested in our
fellow man, and most of us like
to know what the otherfellow is do-

- ing, to make a success of his busi-

ness For that reason we feel our
readers will be interested in a letter

"we have received from Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Sanborn of Otisville, Mich.

'Mr. Sanborn is secretary of the Gen-

esee-Lapeer Jersey Cattle Club and:
director of the Michigan Jersey Cat-
tle Club.

“Just a bit of news that you might
feel a little better acquainted With
us, ” they write. "We were the first
in our community to have registered
Jerseys. Todayjthere are numerous
'herds in the county. Our aim from
the beginning has been- type and
production.

"‘Our first experience at showing
was.in 1919 at the Genesee County
Fair where wevwon some firsts, and
in 1920 we had‘the grand champion
cow and the sweepstakes and grand
champioin male over all dairy
breeds. These two champions were
mother and son. We bred them to-
gether and got. a heifer calf th 1'. in
1925 was the first prize cow n a.

class of six at the Genesee County

Fair, first and grand champion at
the Taymouth Fair and third in a
class of six at the Saginaw County
Fair .

“Also in 1925 with three herds
entered at Taymouth Fair we won
every first and both grand champi-
ons. We had eleven head entered._
In 1926 at the Genesee fair we won
all first and both grand champions
with nine head entered. We also
won grand champion male and fe-
male a’nd a. majority of the other
classes at the Taymouth Fair.

“At our annual C. T. A. picnic

.Cow Tester A. M. Murphy gave the

report that in two years work every
high cow in the butterfat production
in all age classes was either from
our herd or from some of our bulls.”

We would like to hear from other
Michigan breeders. Come on, write
in and let’s get acquainted.

Home Butchering Saves $15.57 on One Hog

Y butchering their own hogs,
farmers this year can save
$15.57 on what the meat of

each hog would cost them if bought
at ,retail prices, according to figures
worked out by Sleeter Bull, chief of
the meats division of the College of
Agriculture, University of Illinois.
The entire saving, which does not
allow for the farmer’s labor, curing
materials or any overhead charges,
is for a. 225 pound hog worth 12
cents a. pound on the farm. Farmers
frequently raise the question as to
whether they shall slaughter hogs
for their own pork 6r sell the hogs
and buy the meat from the butcher.
It was to answer this question that
the figures were worked out.

The saving of $15.57 does not
mean that the packer or retail butch-
er is making an unreasonable profit,
Butt pointed out. The saving simp-
ly means that the farmer may get
all the costs and profits that are in—
volved in shipping to market, dress-
ing the hog, grinding the sausage,
rendering the lard, curing the meat

and selling the pork. In other words, ‘

‘home butchering is simply an oppor-
tunity for the farmer to utilize his
own labor satisfactorily at a time of
the year when he is not particularly
busy.

-’Bulls figures show that the con-
sumer pays the retailer $42. 57 for
products of a. 225 pound hog. At
the rate of 12 cents a pound this hog
when alive would be worth $27.
Thus the farmer would save $15.57
on each hog which he slaughtered’
for his own consumption, not‘flgur—
ing any~cost for his labor, curing ma—.

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cents; 10.9 pounds of fresh bostons
worth $2.94; 13.1 pounds of cured.
picnics worth $2.88; 28.4 pounds of
cured hams worth $10.79; 25.6
pounds of fresh loins wort‘h $8.96;
4.2 pounds of spare ribs worth 76
cents; 17.8 pounds of fresh sausage
worth $2.42, and 32.9 pounds of
l$ard5worth $6.58, making a. total of.
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FEEDING POLICE PUPPIES

in answer to Mrs. G. H. on feed-
ing police puppies. I have rais-
ed a good many. Mrs. G. H. is not
feeding them the right food. They
should have cod liver oil, tablespoon
in food for each, once a day. Give
them plenty of bones. I would not
feed them too much milk, no pota-
toes, or rice as it is too starchy. My
adivce is not to use dog biscuits.

'Go to the veterinarian and get some

medicine to build them up. Buy
shredded wheat biscuits and mix
with hamburger. Never raise puppies
without cod liver oil, to make bone.
-—-Mrs. Thos. Steel.

__ VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT——
Edited by DR. GEO. H.‘ CONN

(u lens gladly answered free for
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FLEAS

Can you tell me what to do to rid
my pet dog and cat of fleas? He is
a long haired dog and the cat is
part angora.——Mrs. C. M., Danesville,
Michigan.

ERE are a number of good flea
soaps on the market; see your
druggist if you want to use any-
thing like this. Also powdered pyre-
thrum or insect flowers dusted into
the hair every day or two and well
brushed about may do. Tincture of
lark spur rubbed lightly over the
coat of the animal with a small

cloth might also do the work.

PASTURING WET ALFALFA

Would you kindly tell me it it is
any danger of pasturing cows on
Some say when it is wet
it will kill them. Would it hurt the
alfalfa to pasture it?-—-J. W. Mun-
ith, Michigan.

S, there is some danger from
bloat right after a rain or early
in the morning when there has
been a heavy dew. It the cattle are
used to the alfalfathere is not much
danger. ‘Practically everyone who
has alfalfa pastures it. It makes
very good pasture and it it is not
eaten into the ground it will not

hurt it.

GARGET

We have a six—year—old cow that
for some time has had {"1th in “m.

milk. Tnere is no apparent injury
to the udder to caum 1. .
showed occasionally for over a year

It 1‘

in one quarter then another, but

seems worse lately. Also cream will
not churn, alone.
cows. She will freshen in November
or December.
at times—C. H. F., Leslie, Michigan.

We have no other

Milk gets very stringy

WOULD not try to use this milk
any longer but would try to get
her ready for the next calving.

Get 3 ounces of potassium iodide and
dissolve in a quart of water;
this cow 1,5 tablespoontul night and
morning on some wheat bran or mid,-
dlings.
ful of fowlers solution of arsenic,
night and morning on the same feed
for three weeks then discontinue for
,n «moi: than give for two weeks. She
should be dry for 8 or 10 weeks to

give

Then give her a tablespoon-

.‘ris udder a chance to heal.

We like the M. B. F. very much. Wish

it came every week instead of once in
two weeks—George Rottman,
County.

Newaygo

 

Please flnd enclosed a money order for
my renewal of the most practical paper,
- and the advice they give is fine. -—Mrs.
. Margaret 0. Patchett, Genesee County.

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Tells cause steamer and what to

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EAR EDITORz—I am interested

 
  

T is a fact! Seven cows in
ten are capable of giving
far more milk than they do—
in the winter months. Mal-
nutritiOn—the bane of human
health and well-bemg—is far
more common 1n cows than 1n
people. It 1s the b1ggest leak
1n Wlnter dairy profits. Under
the urgent strain of consuming
and converting guantities of
dry, coarse feeds mto milk, the
dlgestlon and asmmilation
break down. The cow may
appear healthy, but the milk
fails to come in paying volume.
Quant1t1es of high-priced feed
go to waste.

The remedy is simple—and amaz-
ingly inexpensive. Help the milk—
making organs meet the added bur-
dens thrust upon them. Build new
vigor into the digestion and assimi-
lation—milk profits simply MUST
result.

Kow-Kare is doing just this job
for added thousands of cow owners
every year. Instead of just, cram-
ming feed into their cows these dairy-
men are helping their cows keep the
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tonic, strengthening eflect on thj
productive organs — makes them
function actively, produce maximum

flow and resist disease. Kow-
Kare, fed sparingly, but regularly
with the feed will put your “poor
milkers” back in the profit column.
'Try it; a single can of Kow—Kare
will ration one cow from one to two
months, the treatment being regu-
lated b the cow’s general condition.
It’s a ttle investment, with big-—
and certain—results.

For Cow Di§eases

In treating Barrenness, Retained
Aiterbirth, Abortion, Bunches,
Scours, Lost Appetite, etc., Kow-
Kare has a well-earned 30-year repu-
tation of bringing cows backto
health and production. It goes to
the source of the trouble—makes the
affected organs regain vigorous
health—resist disease.

For cows at calving Kow—Kare,
fed before and after, prevents ex-
pensive troubles, makes cow and
calf healthy and vigorous.

Feed dealers, general stores, drug-
gists have Kow—Kare—31 .25 and 65c
sizes (Six large cans, $6. 25.) Full
directions on can. Mail orders sent
postpaid if your dealer is not sup-
plied. Our valuable free book on
cow diseases sent free, on request.

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It’s new ‘all‘day' magazine holds enough coal
to maintain tie same healthy temperature a
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, Readers whose hens are not laying
well during these days of high egg
gprices will find much of interest in
fthe following letter from C. D.
iHenry,‘Alverton, Pa. He says:

; \"I laced 10 pullets by themselves, and

.fed t em Don Sung. The third day my .
eggs increased from 3 to 9 a day. They

have had Don Sung ever since and have

:laid continuously. Yesterday I got 10 eggs

'from them and am willing 4:0 make afli-

xdavit to it. Don Sung certainly gets the

eggs. It has paid for itself many times

over."

Don Sung, the Chinese egg laying tab-
lets which Mr. Henry used, are opening
jthe eyes of chicken raisers all over Amer-
ica. The tablets can be obtained from the
Burrell-Dugger 00., 256 Allen St., Indian-
apolis, Ind. Poultry raiser-s whose hens
are not laying well should send 50 cents
‘for a trial package (or $1 for the extra
glarge size, holding three times as much).
;Don Sung is pos tively guaranteed to do
:the work or money prom tly refunded, so
it costs nothing to try. ght now is the
time to start giving Don Sung to your

115%]; hens so you will have a. good

* DON Some

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More Egg Money

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other-melting. Poultry Tribunesbows
bow; ‘ , ' ,Ioo ‘
- monthly, 80-160 was.
3 Months’ Trial 1 5c
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Send my coin today at our risk.

faulty Iii-,DqLOJIQIl lurid"

cured His Rupture

I’was badly ruptured. while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said my
only hope of cure was an operation.
m did me no. good. Finally I got
‘ hold of something that quickly, and com-
pletely aired me. Years have passed and
he rupture has never returned. although
on doing hard work as a carpenter.
was no operation. no lost time, no

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, Mifli‘igan, from December ,. 1st
‘ " to march let, there is rcomparaé

  

tively little sunshine and very little '

direct sunshine that reaches the lay—
ing poultry flock. It is now com-

monly accepted that certain vita-'

mines are necessary for proper ani—
mal nutrition, and one of these nec-
essary factors or vitamines knownas
vitamines D can be obtainedpply’in
the ‘irpresence: of direct Sunshine or‘
artificially made ultra-violet light, or

4 to sixteen pounds of condensed milk-2.».

by the feeding of food products al- ,

ready carrying this vitamine. ,The
theory is that D vitamine can‘be ob-
tained from food _ products only in
the presence of direct/sunlight or
ultra-violet light—prepared. by com-
mercial quartznla psi-for:2 thféit pur;

“£13533 March later from De-

   

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e’e’mber‘ ‘1's't ’until‘ the birds are'given

free range in the 'spring.‘ God liver

all should be fed Lat‘the rate bf about

one quart of the oil ’per hundred

birds per week, or from one to three ' ' ‘
per cent'vof the total grain ration. ‘ '«
One of the most convenient methods 2
for the feedingnfgpodslicur oil is to

mix flit-with ~sem1Lsdlid‘“~nhi1k "‘at...‘the

rate of one pound of odd liver‘t‘jpil

  

and the feeding of this.-“m'ixtur'ellat?'13:11
the'rate of fourfipoundsk to one hudd—
red birds per’ day. God Tiger mi'dm "‘
notgmix readily withvf‘ski‘mmedfior 2:..;;
sour milk, althougliuitircan'7 be easily
mixed with cottage‘jchegse prepared... a.
from" the skimmed joke-"Sour" mills.
Where milk is not"',_‘e'mia,loye'di’as a
carrier, it'is somewhatfea‘fler to mix

   

i the?fdil’with grain, than it is with

pose. . , g
It is well known that D J vita-
mine is essential to the proper '

maintenance of heavy production in
laying fowls. During the spring and

summer mOnths the «birds are able to .

get an adequate supply inasmuch as
they are exposed to direct sunshine.
During the winter months, however,
when there is little sunshine, and

when« the birds-are housed. behind .

glass windows, they are not exposed
to sunlight and the result of the

lack" of D vitamins may seriouslyj

hamper normal heavy egg produc-
tion zand may even more seriously
cut down early hatchability.

.InE-order to counteract this con-
dition, the laying flock should be ex-
posed to just as much direct sun—
shine as possible, by either allowing
them outdoor range when the weath-
er is;agreeab1e, by opening the win:
dows‘, so that direct sunshine may
reach, the birds, or by use of glass
substitutes that allow the ultra~
violet rays to penetrate the houses,
or may be more practical from an
economical standpoint to feed cod
liver‘oil, a food product that carries
D vitamine, in large amounts.

Cod liver oil prepared from the
liver of the cod—fish carries D vita-
mines in a readily available form,
and it is advisable to feed all flocks
of‘po‘ultry cod liver oil from Decem—

Secrets of Michigan Pioultryman’s Success

mash.",and many ‘ poultrymen use
one—third pound of cod liver oil mix-
ed thoroughly with six to ten pounds ,
of scratch grain, and feed this mix- - 7
ture on alternate days, and find this
less laborious than mixing it with 4
dry mash. - i
There are two types of cod liver
oil on the market—the dark brown,
sometimes crude oil, which is pre- 5
pared from the cod livers by what is ‘
known as the sun tried process in
which the livers are allowed to stand
in the sun until the oil separates
with the disintegration of the livers.
This oil carries the desirable D vita,-
mine in large quantities, and so far
as we know, gives very satisfactory
results when used as a poultry feed,
although it may not carry A vita- i
mine in any appreciable quantity. 1
The light colored yellow oil is pre— i
pared by a steam tried process in i
which the cod livers are treated with '
heat, while fresh and the oil separate 1
ea or prepared from hog fat} '
fi-{Care should be taken to determine
the source of the oil before purchas— ’
ing as it is comparatively easy for l
commercial concerns to use any veg-
etable oil, mixing with it just enough
fish oil to give it a fishy odor, and
selling it as cod liver oil.-—J. A.
Hannah, Michigan State College.

" (’Continued from page 4)

gently so that the litter is just as
deep in front as in the back.

In way of conveniences are swing—
ing doors between pens‘ that had no
weight or springs or locks but would
closeiand stay closed by their own
weight. A home made box is sup-
ported from a track, such as is used
for common barn doors to carry out
the droppings each morning. This
track is located just in front of the
dropping board so that a hoe can be
used to scrape the droppings direct;
1y from the boards into the box in
front. _ This is a great time and la—
bor saver. The dropping boards are
made out of large sheets of wall
board and are hinged to the wall in
the back. The roosts are likewise
of light material and hinged also.
As soon as the fowls leave their
perches in the morning, the boards
are cleaned and both the masts and
dropping boards are (raised to the
ceiling where they are kept until
evening. This has a number of ad-
vantages, according to Mr. Holden.
‘It makes far more light in the back;
it gives more room, and makes it
easier to gather the eggs from the
nests, which are all fastened to the
rear wall below the dropping boards.
It makes every hen, even to the lazy
ones get down and stay down on the
floor where she is tempted to scratch
and ,.,_eat some at least. The fowls
are prevented from walking over the
droppings during the day spreading
any possible disease and dirtying
their feet to .soil the eggs in the
nest. An ingenious syste'i is devis-
ed so that all the perches and boards
can be'raised by turning the crank
at one end of the house, .thus saving
more‘ time, and labor.

Water is supplied in large pans .

two feet from the finer, and these
are-re on but free from dirt.“
is to in large hoppers mall). I“ at

frequent intervals the length offtho. -

home. . _ _, W
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Mr. Holden, has arranged an upper
and lower deck, all feeding from the
same supply of feed, therebyjust

doubling the feeding capacity of his

hoppers. These are also made of
light wall board material in place of
heavy lumber. Electric lights are
used and the owner has arranged an
alarmclock to turn the light on
early during the winter mornings.

Last winter Mr. Holden carried

over 1,350 hens and this winter he
expects toincrease this number. One
man cares for them and at the‘same
times takes care of about 5,000 baby
chicks. White Leghorns is the only
breed in the place, the owner pub
chases his chicks each spring from a
reliable Michigan hatchery. He buys
nothin bgut chicks from bacillary
White Diarrhoea tested flocks.
‘ Mr. Holden stresses the necessity
of candling and grading eggs. “With-
out this my poultry would hardly
pay‘for,its keep,” he states. Every
egg is sold under its grade and the
success of his business rests on each
egg’s living up to the' reputation of
the place. _

Mr. Holden sells only to a high
class market. He must have a-con—
stant supply; therefore he never
forces for high production, as many
do when prices are high. He tries to i
keep as near the 50 per cent mark as i .
possible the yeararound. While he ’ E
has held as high as 75 per cent pro-
duction he does not force them for
it but tries to keep them steady by
judicial feeding and 'care. a . ‘

BUOJIQIEE GOES TO CONGRESS .‘~

.OHN T. .BUCKBEE, well known .

. ‘seedsman and farmer, President
, . of the nationally known firm of :'

W. Backhoe, Rockford ,figed -. .
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. "111w beensiected ens .
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lnvest Only 5c Per Hen!
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Now—It’s easy to get eggs all winter.
Experts have found that a FLEX-O-
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sun’s Ultra-Violet rays on hens which
keeps them active and healthy, stim-
ulates the egg glands and makes your
hens lay to the limit in coldest weath—
er. Under glass hens quit laying be-
cause it shuts out these needed rays.
Make your scratch shed now. Start
gathering high priced winter eggs.
Use 15 yards for 100 hens.

We receive hundreds of letters like
these: “I bought 40 yards of FLEX-
O-GLASS last November, made a.
scratch shed, and am well pleased
with it. Happier'hens never went
through a. winter. I went out there
the coldest day and watched the hens
scratch and heard them cackle, and
I sure got the eggs.”

—-Mrs. J. Morgan of Kansas

Eggs Jumped

from 5 to 115 in a Week
“Brother’s eggs jumped from 5 to

115 a week with front of poultry ,

house closed with FLEX-O-GLASS.”
Mrs. G. Sipple of Pa.

Prices -— All Postage Prepaid
Per yd, 35% ins. wide; 1 yd, 500;
5 yds. at 40c, ($2.00) ; 10 yds. at 35c.
($8. 50); 25 yds. at 32c, ($8. 00);
100 yds. or more at 80c per yd.
($30. 00).

Special Trial Offer

15 Yards Pestpaid for $5

The FLEX- O-GLASS MFG. CO. will
send you 15 yards of FLEX-O-GLASS
in a. roll 35% inches wide and 45 feet
long, postage prepaid, for $5. 00. This big
trial roll covers a. scratch shed 9x15 ft.,
[size for 100 hens] or: use for enclosing
screened porches, stdrmdoors, hotbeds,
cold frames, replacing barn, poultry or
hoghouse windows, etc. If after 15 days
not satisfied F EX-OGLASS gives more
warm, healthfu- light than glass, or if it
isn’t stronger, better and more durable
than other materials, just send it back
and yogr money will be refunded by the
FLEX GLASS MFG. CO. without ques-
tion. You take no risk. You must be ab-
solutely satisfied or your money back.
Order direct trom factory today and save
money". Use Guarantee Coupon below.
which is backed by $1, 000 deposited in
the Pioneer Bank, Chicago. Send $9. 50
for 30 yds. if'you wish larger trial roll.
Orders filled in, 24 hours. Prepare now
for zero weather. FREE catalog on re-
qttlieSt contains valuable poultry inform-.4
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Specimens were furnished by Wisc. State
Exp. Sta. Published by U. S. EEK
Society & Poultry Tribune.

That Wonderful Something
in Sunlight
(Ultra -Violet Rays)

See the picture above. The larger
chicks received the Ultra-Violet
rays of sunshine, and the smaller
chicks did not, both are the same
age. This is almost beyond belief
but it is true. Astounding winter
egg production has also been dis-
covered by the use of these sun's
rays which'pass through FLEX—O-

LASS; perfected by Mr. Warp
after much research and experi—
menting: recommended by best U.
S. Authorities.

Recommended by Best
U. S. Authorities

Iowa State College states:

“I believe your product ]FLEX-O-

GLASIS far superior to common glass for
the w r and for brooderhouses.’
. Ohio State Experiment Station. upon
completing 10 w'eeks test reports:
“Enoug h of the efi'ective Ultra- Violet rays
were transmitted to offer protection against
leg Wes. ness.

Kansas States Exp. statlon says: “Some
excellent results have been reported by
practical poultrymen who have used glass
substitutes which will allow the passage
0 the health- -giving portion of sunshine
filial) a! considerably greater extent than
8

r. Morse for 45 years CIonsulting
Chemist of Connecticut says: : “Congrat-
ulations are due oyu. Your statements I
heartily corroborate. FLEX - 0- GLASS
makes hens lay, bec cause the Ultra- Violet
rs. which penetrate it inakes hens health-
fu. chemically active. and increases oxy-

‘geiiating power of the blood.

Get the Genuine
Direct from Chicago Factory

Thousands of oultr
glass windows with F Een Oars Lrgglacing
original Ultra- 11Violet rat}; Iglteig Iadvertised
Berprigvedn .oft hese raysksensi graduaally quit.
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a weatherprooflnf pre oration. Admits ac-
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WI shears and teak on. Lasts 038351393?
“FLEX- O-GL -
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Changes Snowtrap into

Sunparlor

Just nail FLEX-O—GLASS over screened
porches and screendoors. Changes snow—
trap into a warm, sunlit healthrooni when)
you can work or i'.est Ideal for childi on’ S
playhouse because Ultra~ Violet rays de—
velop vitamin I) to prevent iickeis, colds
and failing health. Saves fuel, kills
drafts, looks good.

Mrs. G. Marwin of Mo. writes us: “I
have FLEX- 0- GLASS 011 my porch, and
am delighted with its appearance.”

Replace Windows with
" FLEX 0- CLASS

Also ideal for repairing
broken windows. Scatters
healthful light to every
corner of room.

Keeps Chicks
Healthy and

Growing

Chicks under FLEX-O-GLASS ma-
ture in 1/2 regular time because they
get actual sunlight full of Ultra-Vio-
let rays, indoorsu Utilize these rays.
Prevent diseases and Rickets-weak
legs caused from lack of Ultra—Violet
rays. Simply take boards off of south
side of coop and put FLEX-O~GLASS
on. Early chicks will be warm, com-
fortable and healthy, indoors. They’ll
exercise, be full of pep and their fast
growth will amaze you. The same is
true for pigs. Sunlight is nature’s
only health producer——Why not use
it?

Better than Glass for Hotbeds

FLEX—O-GLASS is

installed much easier

than glass, holds heat

better and costs far less.

Grows plants quicker and stronger. We
receive many letters like this: “I use
FLEX-O—GLASS 6n liotbcds and it is
better than glass. The plants do better
under FLEX- O— GLASS. "—Chas. Norelius
of W. Va.

Also used in factory, house and
school windows, on rollers, to diffuse
unpleasant sun glare. [Actually makes
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desired. Lies flat and smooth. Looks
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cut with shears, nail
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OUR CLAIMS’

Backed by Unsolicited Proof

Read a Few of the Hundreds of
Letters Received Daily
(Addresses on Request)

Tested and Proven Most Durable

The Ne’ Er Idle edI‘oultry{_ Farm of Indiana.
writes. “We used FLF OGLASS on our
brooderlioiises this spring and were very
well pleusul. We placed it by the side
of one window that was covered with

——[anotlicr pro-
duc.t] The dif—
fennce in the
color of the
light waaquick-
l y noticeable.
_ But one very
convnn 111g 51 r -
gunient was that
the cliitks piled
up in front of
Iv L 1} 1 - O -
G'LA SS window, leaving the space in front
of the other entirely empty. The FLEX.-
0 (‘ LASS looks as well at the end of the
season as it did at the first, while the
other material is decidedly worn. I thought
perhaps these observations of ours might
.be of interest to you.’ Many poultry
men remove boards from south side of hen
house and put FLEX O— GLASS 011.151‘ings
amazing Winter egg prodiirtion.

 

As if it \Vere a Day in June
"In this country it gets so cold that the
chickens ling together 111 a corner like balls
of feathers. Since I put FLEX-O-GLASS
on my Ipoultryhouse front my chickens
are running lielter-skelter, scratching here
and scratching there, singing their own
song of praise all day long. They feel
so comfortable that at times they stand
with their wings raised out from their
bodies, as if it were a day in June. You
do not claim too 11111th Izfor its value to
poultry keepers Wis shin you every suc-
cess for your FLEX— 0— GLA Sthath brings

joy to the egg manufacturers (the ens) ”
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Recommended by; Leading
Poultry Farms
"I have used your product the past 2
years. and find it 0. K. Consequently I
can recommend it to my Baby Chick
Customers." Cornliusker Poultry Farm,
e r.
Used for Years
"I like your FLEX-O<GLASS very much.
it is the best material I’ve seen used."
Mrs. W. H. Hansen, of Okla.
“I am using the 15 yards of FLEX—0-
GLASS which I got a couple of years ago.
I surely like it." Gus, Kutzke of Wise.

Mr. Krimmitz of Wis. writes us: "I re-
commend it to others doing trucking.
You time have 11 winner.’

Superior to Glass

"1 put FLEX- o GLASS on 11103311113 of ’

a glass window last summer. I oun it
superior to glass for light. I have
enough experience in the use of FLE X-
0- GLASS to give advice to people I meet.
I do not hesitate selling anything that
has merit.” T. S. Baird of N. Y.

Most Durable—If He Had Onlyk
Known Before

“After using different materials, I have
decided to make an extension on my other
chicken houses with FLEX—O—G LASS
think your product soI1 much better than
—— ~——. val used theirs too.
but not as good maIteria as yours.’ J.
A. P.. u urn, eb
Entire Farm FLEX- 0- GLASSED
“I use FLEX- O- GLASS on my poul y—
house, barn ndI porch and like it fine.
This 15 Iysr s is for a. hotbed.’ —-.C 1".
Grant," Mich.
“ yards more. We are gratin.

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RMERS are looking forward
to less unsettled markets for.

most farm products from now
on, but very much is bound to de-
pend upon whether they keep their
shipments of V'l-ivev stock, grain, etc.,

within reasonable bounds, something -

they are much apt to neglect. Dur-

4118 the autumn months grains were .

shipped frdm the farms with the
greatest freedom, and buyers natur-
ally took advantage of so good an
opportunity to- 'put prices for both
wheat and corn down to the lowest
level of the season. Oats prices were
maintained because of the short crop
of choice oats, and the extremely
small harvest of rye put prices‘far
higher than last year. For a while
rye was lower than at the best time
of the season, with an unexpectedly
small foreign demand, but a short
time ago a revival of rye exports re~

“ suited in a moderate rise in quote.-
tions. The wheat market is in a .

stronger position than the corn trade
but the price of wheat is largely“-
pendent upon the foreign dumps},

       

high time, while still selling far huh-
er than in most recent years, and
lambs have sold far lower than at
this time in 1925.

Grain Markets Unsealed-

During recent weeks mallatini'

interest on the Chicago Board of
Trade has centered strongly i nwheat
for future doling,” the prevail-
in'g sentiment was
jer part oftheti-e. ltreallyseems
surprising, yet it is true that in the
course of two weeks wheat went a!
11 cents a bushel, the market lack-
ing the incentive 'of a vigorous def
mand from miners and exporters.
Only ashort time ago prices reached
the lowest point of the season, the
visible wheat supply in the United
States mounting up to 72, 568, 000
bushels, comparing with only 44, -
264,000 bushels a year ago. Lute
sales were made of December wheat
around $1.36, comparing with $1.62

 

 

II. B. F. MARKET‘REPORTS BY RADIO
VERY eve-kg, except Saturday and Sunday. at 7:05 o'clock,
' eastern standard time, The Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts
market information and news of interest to farmers through raido

station WGHP of Detroit.
of 270 meters.

This station operates on a. wave length

 

 

and at best the export trade has
been uncertain. A return to normal
business in the war stricken count-

. ries of Europe is slow in coming

about, and this explains much of the
slowness of exports from the United
States and Canada. The cattle trade
has been largely unsatisfactory to
the stock feeders, with excessive
marketings much of the fall, includ-
ing a fair proportion of cattle that

were pastured in the range stateSu

Aside from the strong tendency of
the farmers to hurry their short-fed
cattle to market, thereby bringing
frequent bad breaks in
prices, the worse feature all along
has been the almost invariable cus—

tom of smashing values on Mondays

by especially large offerings on that
day. An enormous difference is made
between prices for the extremely
popular light weight yearling steers
and heifers and the highly unpopu-
lar long-fed heavy steers, and farm-
ers havejeen large sufferers by the

I

a year ago and about $1.55 two years

ago. One thing that is needed to“
put prices up is an improved candy“

tion in. foreign countries. Late re-
ports were that the world’s export-
able surplus .of wheat is over 900,-
000,000 bushels, while the world’s
import requirements are about 700,-
000,000 bushels.

Low Prices For Corn

Free marketing of old and new
corn has increased the visible supply
in this country to over 30,000,000
bushels, against only 1,512,000
bushels a year ago, and since the
price fell to the lowest level of the
season, country owners have held
back their old corn, While not much

of the new crop is in marketable conw

dition. ‘December corn has sold
around 70 cents, a few cents lower
than a year ago, while two years ago
it sold up to $1. 20. Oats sell around
46 cents, a little higher. than last
year, and No. 2 white oats~ are scarce

 

THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Ki Den nit. Chicago Detroit. [lets-of“I
Nov. 30 Nov. 80 Nov. 16 1 yr. ago

WHEAT— ' ’

No. 2 non 81.38 a fill-39‘ $1.81

.No. 2 White ‘ L89 — .5, 1.40 1.82

No. 2 Mixed 1-37 1-38 1.81 ..
CORN— ,

No.2 Yellow ’75 .73 ‘ .75 .92

No.3 Yellow -75 '74 . .91
OATS—( New) ‘

No. 2 White -48 .4915 .4435

No. 3 White ~46 .41 @ .42 .47 $4 .43 1g
RYE-— »

Cash No. 2 .90 .94 .94
BEANS— . .

o. H. P. am. 5-30@5.40 5-10@5.15 4.95@5.00 .
POTATOES— '

(New)Per th 3.00@3.15 2.25@2.50 8.00 2.co@s.34.
HAY—-

No. 1 ran. 19 20.50 » . 19@20.50 24.50@25

No. 2 Tim. 16 17.50 18820. 10-@,17.50 21 @253

No. 1 Clover - 16@18,16@17.50 , 20 21 .

Light Mixed, 4 18@19 50 . 293122 1,8,@19.5__023 23.50 _

Ensign and

 

Tuesday: Novena-er new me money

 

 

 

' .,-. third week of the month.

shrinkage in values for the latter. men
Hogs have undergone a large re-"
.dnction in’ prices from the year's.

     
    
    
    
   
   
    
 

  

 
  

a large decline in prices for Mem-
end feeders brought out large- bay-T
ing in the Chicago stock tar-ls, ad

     
 
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
 

mmlly liberal m
made at costs of from SSM to $7.65

1' to Mg districts, not meaning
ohm $136,. while my stock and

-Mer-ms and heifers sold; for
$4.26te'8‘656.1n.certhesewnsa
big advance in beef cattle as well as
in thin cattle admixed for feeding,
the previous greatly overstocked

market being followed by unusually _

light receipts and a, ready sale
Thanksgiving week saw active sales
of beef steers at, $7.75 to $13, the
greater share going at $9.60. to
$12.60, and the top, $.13, was the
top for the year. Every year this
takes place, the fat stock show in
connection with the International

Live Stock Exposition causing stock-u

men to send their best cattle to the
Chicago market. Yearling steers
were by far the highest sellers, and
the best long-fed heavy steers went
for $11.50. Fat cOWs and heifers
sold'at $6.50 to $11, and stockers
and feeders soared to $6 to $8.25,
going mainly at $6.50 to $7.75. A
year ago beef steers sold at $7.25 to
$14. For the year to recent date the
combined receipts of cattle in'seven
western packing points amounted to
10 458 000 head, comparing with
10, 067, 000 a year ago.

Hog Prices Narrower

Recently the range of hog prices
in the Chicago market was the par-
rowest of the year, and prices for
all live stock moved up is the usual
prelude to the great live stock show.
Recent weeks have seen large‘ re-
ceipts. but for the year to late date
the combined receipts in seven west-
ern packing points aggregated only
19,925,000 hogs, comparing with
22,692,000 a year“ ago and 27,302-
000 two years ago. At times the ar-
rivals are excessive and on a recent
day 48,000 hogs reached the Chica-
go stock yards, being the second
largeSt since last May. Within a
short time hogs have sold not very
much above prices of a year ago, but
they continue to sell at much above
prices paid in other recent years.
The packers talk bearish and/are
predicting much lower prices, but
stockmen can do much to hold the
market by maturing their hogs and
making them prime. Recently the
hogs received in the Chicago market
averaged 233 pounds, equal to the
lightest since May, 1926, while a
year ago the average stood at 241

pounds and two years ago at 226

pounds, the five year average for
corresponding weeks being 231
pounds. The packers are counting
on liberal marketings of hogs for
December and January, and they are
predicting $10 hogs. Late sales Were
made of hogs at $10 to $11. 90, com—
paring with $10 to $11. 85 a year

ago, $7 55 to $9.55 two years ago i

and $6.15 to $7.15 three years ago.

 

A GLANCE AT THE! MARKETS

By U. S Department of Agriculture,

Bureau of Agruculturai Economics

Washington, D. C., November 24,1926.
——After the wholesale needs of the No-'
vember feast day have been supplied the
food products become dull in the market
until the advance requirements for Christ-
mas stir them to life again. This quiet
spell seems to include about all the farm
products this season. Changes in prices
and conditions Were by no means start-
ling as the end of November approached.
Butter and eggs sold a little~higher the
Prices of whee.
livestock, and pontoon were inclined ti;

sag a nine at about the same time. In .

feed. hay ohm, and most other [roam

morons “dreams

  
  
 

       
   
 
   
  


  
    

 

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Butter holds well at fairly high levels
maintaining the November price gains.
Demand has been active enmign to take
care of liberal supplies of fresh butter
and continued heavy withdrawals from
cold storage besides small imports from
New Zealand, Siberia, and Denmark. The
foreign situation is important at present.

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a moderate rise in the
temperature ‘during the early
part Of the weekof December

5th, we are expecting generally
pleasant weather. However, by
Monday or Tuesday there will be in-
creasing winds and cloudiness. While
there will not be any general heavy
precipitation for thestate, there will
be reports of damgae to trees and
wires from the wind. .
Shortly after the middle of the
week these storms will cease, the

skies clear up and temperatures tell

to readings below the normal. ‘
Week of.-_Deeember 12

Rain or snow storms are expected
for the first part of the‘week of, De-
cember 12th in Michigan with the.
mean temperatures somewhat above
,the freezing point. * .- '

Towards the middle part of the.
week there will be moderate tails of
rain or snow and with these storms
will come high winds. While there
may be some blue elty in sections of

.the state about Thursday, we expect,

more stormine at the end of the
week including rain, sleet .or snow
and high winds or gales. _

The week will .end with tempera-
tures taking a marked fall.

Expect Cold inter Months

The average te perature tor the
Winter of 1926-1927 will range be-
low the Michigan normal. The first
two months of 1927 will be the most”
severe.

Precipitation will not be as heavy
this winter as some have been in the
state, especially in February, 1927.
During this latter month we expect
some alternate thaws and freezes. *

 
 

  

and hmbe: ..
beet nib, 813.000“; m:- lambs, $11.90
Qitfilfitbeommon lambs, $5.M69.fl;

m “918.50: fair to good
2231:- and mm, $203.

cattle and lambs made durlngfthe first
days bellowed the late slump that
wiped out nearly all of the gain.

In Saturday's market, cattle trade was
wide, with no good steers on hand. Values
were steady at the recent decline. After
the break of-Friday. values~ were about

- 60 cents higher for yearlings. while heavy

steers closed strong to 25 cents higher on
the week, after having been up as much
as $1. Cows closed the week steady.
Calves were up $1.

Hog trade ' was strong. Choice heavy
butchers sold at $10.50@11. Pigs were a
flttle slow but best lots went at $11.90,
unehanged.‘ Compared with a week ago,
trade was about the same.

The sheep run was_light and trade of
little account. The week’s trade was un-
even. Prices were higher early, but the
market dropped again. Fat lambs sold
at $14@l4.25 at the best time, with the
best $14 at_ the close. Feeders closed a
little higher and aged sheep held un-
changed. 1 ~

EAST BUFFALO—(U. S. Dept. of Ag-
ri‘culture)-—Ho’gs—M_ostly 10@15c higher,
pigs 25c'up; bulk 160 to 220 lbs. $12.60;
few decks, 230 lbs. $‘,2.46@12.50; pigs
and light lights, $12.75; packing sows
mostly $10.60@11. Cattle—-Mostly reac-
tor cows: steady. Calves—Odd sales
veals, $15, or 50c lower. Sheep—Steady;
top fat lambs, $14.25; culls and common
kind, $10@10.50.

SEEDS

Chicago—Timothy, $4.75@5.25; clover
seed, $27.75@34.50.
$21.60;

 

Detroit—Clover seed,
$19.25.; timothy. $2.65.

WOOL

The market closed quiet last week with
prices fimn. Fleece wools are dormant
but considerable fine wool is being used
by the worsted mills.

alsike,

 

 

POTATOES

Just before Thanksgiving the potato
market "was dull but with the coming of.

colder weather a steadier tone prevailed,
although prices did not change.

 

BEANS

The market in beginning to realize how
serious the damage has been to beans
and prices are working upward. Buyers
appear to have the market pretty well
in hand when the supply is' anywhere
near normal.

__._.___ .
DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS
There seems to be a fair demand for

eggs at 5-0@57c per doz. for fresh re-

ceipts, and 30@341;§c for cold storage.
Butter is firm with best creamery, in
tubs, 42@45c per lb. .._

—_._____
DETROIT LIVE POULTRY‘

Poultry is steady with prices unchan ed.
The following prices are what commisgion
merchants get for farmers' poultry from
which a commission of 5 per cent is de-
ductible, as well as shipping charges:
Springers, fancy, 4 lbs up, 25c; medium,
23c: Leghorns, 21c; blacks, 17@18c;

 

this... VealisGood

SHIP YOUR

DRESSED CALVES and ,

LIVEVI’OULTRYIO-

     

    

   

 

 
  
 

7 Lin maintenance; 1.0?
financiers? " ' '

  

stage. 180190; hens, 5 lbs up, 240; 4 lbs
up, 23c; Leghorns and small, 16c. Ducks:

_Wh.lte, 435 lbs up, 260; smaller 0 d k
none. Geese, 20¢. Turkeys: rYotztrli‘g:
No. 1;; 8 lbs up, 38c; No. 2, 25630c; old
toms, 30¢. Pigeons, $2 per doz.
FARMERS’ CLUBS TO MELT IN
, FEBRUARY 7

THE annual meeting of Michigan
- ‘State. Association" or Farmers’

g Clubs 2111 be deferred until
FWFS' Week, in Islam»!-
~ This: has been thought advisable
as at this time 'every'club could be
present, and . we ask- that‘i‘very club
delegates to

 

       
 

   
 
 

 

    
   

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sheen.
Hogs:

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702 UNION TRUST BLDG,

 

I-To-makeb “ application for "a farm loan
‘ L Yom- 5mm be inspected while covered with mow.
\ YOU SAVE more one PLAN

. 33 Years to Pay.

"weprofide money for new loans or to refinance old loans;
to buy stock and tools or make improvements.

~Insane $1,090. and Up—made only on farms well located.

write for further information.

finish Joint fiinrk Earth flank of hermit

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Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TURKEYS

Ship Your Turkeys, Ducks and Geese for Christmas to
DETROIT BEEF CO., 1903 Adelaide St.,4Detroit

Write for full instructions for dressing and shipping, tags
and price list.

 

 

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Make a better one for $1.80
and excellent halter tics . .

for 3: each. Save
Get the fade. .

for it. n is FREE. "'
NEW ERA ROPE MACHINE CO. , Minneapolis, Minn.

Fur Coats $2299

. Made from Hides Supplied by You
“55 No better rotectlon from cold wmter
' 3.3-; blizzards. Aug years of weep—fully
" " aranteed. Ship us your cattle and
§ orse hides and other raw furs; we wul
' 3 ,‘i
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convert them into furs, fur coats and
ro at considerably less than the
usual prices. e also make and have
in stock a full line of ladies' fine fur
coats. Buy from us and save money.
Cab-Hogs and other prices gladly sent on request.

Hii tile Robe and Tanning CO., Hillsdale, Mich.
(Oldest Galloway Fur Dressers in U. S.)

 

 

BUSINESS FARMERS EXCHANGE

RATE PER WORD—One issue So, Two
Issues 15¢, Four Issues 250.
No advertisement less than ten words.
Groups of figures, initial or abbrevisv
tion count as one word. .
Cash in adnnce from all advertisers in

this department, no exceptions and no
discounts. ' .

Forms close Monday noon prereedlng
date of issue. Address:

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER.
Mt. Clemens, Mlchlgan.

FARMS

 

 

 

 

. .: HEAP, 80 ACRES WITH GOOD
Fogfififgg inC Gladwin (lount .‘ For part1c~
ulars write Jerome Nash, Flint, lchxgan, R. 8.

 

 

PET STOCK.

ND TRAINED: TAME. FEMALES
FEESRETS'NE‘lies $4.75. Will s 1p . O. .1)-
Instruction book free. Len l‘urnsworth. New

London, Ohio.

- UNTING HOUNDS CHEAB. GAME
Hggggggug finders, money makers. Big-money
raisin hunting hounds. Hunting Horns, Feeds,
Medicmes. collars, etc. Hunters Supplfi Oamlogue.
Kaskaskia Kennels, FW69, Herrick, I .

K AND RABBIT HOUNDS OF ALL
00131.31? K3113 ages. Oliver Dix. Salem, Mlch.
. ’I‘S- AND GERMAN POLICE DOGS
Marlo:i 338$ half price. H. 8. Peter, Burt, Mich.

 

 

 

POULTRY
R CK COGKERELS BRED FROM
BAtfigE 1prodiging trap nested females. W. O.

Coflman, R3, Benton Harbor, Michigan.

ELS AND PUIEh'rs
BABRED ROCK Cgofifiin Meyers. R1, Hem-

la i strain. M
lock,y fichizam. -

WRITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS FROM
, d 6. eta
Fishels grade A chicks $3 fig. *1”, Punll .

Also bronze turkeys.
chlmn.
mun-s nun oocxnnELs. PE or -

 

WHIT’J
00‘ blah ducins hens. Both Combs.
wile lo???» filame- Farm. Box ,2_ Law-
.,renee.. ," .. _ . .

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE THOROUGHBRED BOURBON RED
gaggxf'keés, yard untieda TM!“ $7.00, hens $6.00.
1 no on n . . x‘ ' "

Iic ~ 11. guara ee rs Sophia Ilet, Alto,

 

PURE BRED BOURBON RED

. TOMS s 6. 5 0.
100d color. '

Freed l“:lusnaugh, (Thesamng, Mich.

PUREBRED MAMMOTH BRONZE, BOURBON
Red, Narragansett, White Holland, Hens, Toms,

 

unrelated pairs and tri . , -
hatan Point, Ohio. os Walter Bros.. Pow
FOR SALE. BOURBON RED TOMS; I.
dilute cockerels. Jay Ransom, Bloomingdale,
Michigan.

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. LARGE
hardy birds 'from choice stock. Order now.
Mrs. Ralph Sherk, Caledonia, Michigan.

 

 

MAMMONTII BRONZE TURKEYS. VERY GOOD
ones. Mrs. Eugene Remlsdcll, Hmmvor, Mich.

. LARGE HARDY
stmms. Mrs. Edgar

EDGEWOOD GIANT BRONZE
northern turkeys. Best
use, Benzonia, Michigan.

 

"WORLD'S WONDER"
_turkeys. Stock from
Vigorous Btl'illl]. Toms 5
Smith. R. 2, Rapid Pity,

MAMMOTH BRONZE
world's best and ":33
12, hens $7. H. C
Michigan.

 

 

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FOR SALE—DUAL PURPOSE
calves. two months old,

Roan Archer.

Michigan.

S'l‘( )(IK

 

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sure 1y .8.
Dick L. DeKleine, Zeclallrlfil, i}: a,

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SEEDS AND PLANTS

 

HAY & GRAIN

Clover Mixed
Pay highest market prices.
New Castle. Pu.

VVAN’I‘ED. A LF‘A TIFA HAY,
y, Clover llay, buckwheat.
‘ The Hamilton 00.,

 

FOR SATISFACTION INSURANPE BUY SEED
oats, beans, of A. B. (look, Owosso, Michigan.

 

 

TOBACCO

 

IIOMESPUN TOBAf‘f‘O; CIIEVVING. m
pounds $1.50; ten $2.50._ Smoking ten 3150.
Pay when received. Satisfaction guaranteed.

United Farmers, Bardwell, Kentucky.

 

HOMESPUN CHEWING AND SMOKING

tobacco; fiye lbs $1.25; ten $2.00; cigar. 50
for $2.00; m 6 free. av when recelved. Farmers
Association, llaxons hills, hy.

 

AGED LEAF TOBAOCO. SELECT CHEWING,

3 ounds $1.00, 10. $3.00. lest smokin 10,
$2.56). Good 10, $2.00. Common 10_ .00.
Prompt shipment. Money back If not pegged.
(Jo-operators, Murray. Ky.

 

 

 

MISCELLAN E0 US

 

EARN $110 .TO $250 MONTHLY EXPENSES
paid as ilway Traffic Inspector. We secure
osition for you after completion of a 3 month's
Rometgtuctiy song’s tor mgueyFremngedhfiExgli?g
m me. n e r ree oo -
$335. Business Training Inst, Buffalo, N. Y.

MAKE $25.00 DAILY. RAINCOATS AND

suckers $2.95, Overcoats $7.96. Newest colors,
blue, rreen, oxford. Outfit Free. El iott Brad-
ley, 2 1 VanBuren. Dept. 671, Chicago,

‘ALL woor. YARN FOR SALE BY MANUFAC-
turer at bar am. Samples free. H. A. Barb-
lett. Harmony. ‘

YOUR BARREN cows. CAN BE MADE
"safe with Calf” or money refunded. Rem-
Booklet Free. Breed-0‘ Remedy 00.,

 

ame.

ed 2.
Bon 1%. Bristol, Conn.

 

F0314! SALE—ADVANCE RUMELY norms :

Buflslo, Pitts Been Huller. Roof Bret.
Kendall. . Michigan. , : . '_
GIMENB—ANYONE vmo A m ‘
PEI metallic iron foundrilnA Lower P
stone believed to be a

 

 
 

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